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Patriarchy Inc.
What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality – and Why Men Still Win at Work
Cordelia Fine(0)
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You should read this book' Philippa Gregory
- The most lucrative industries are male-dominated - yet half of men think they're the ones being discriminated against.
- Post #MeToo, we're all committed to stamping out sexual harassment - but not to changing the conditions that foster it.
- Women work more hours than men and accumulate less wealth - while many children want more time with their dad.
Inequality in the workplace impacts all areas of our lives, from health and self-development to economic security and family life. But, despite the world's richest countries' long-avowed commitments to gender equality, there is still so much to fix - and so much we don't see.
With perceptive and razor-sharp insight, award-winning author Cordelia Fine reveals how the status quo - Patriarchy Inc. - is harming us all, in our working lives and beyond. Drawing on social and cultural history, examples from hunter-forager societies to high finance and the latest thinking in evolutionary science, she dismantles the existing, inadequate visions for gender equality and charts an inspiring path towards a fairer and freer society.
- The most lucrative industries are male-dominated - yet half of men think they're the ones being discriminated against.
- Post #MeToo, we're all committed to stamping out sexual harassment - but not to changing the conditions that foster it.
- Women work more hours than men and accumulate less wealth - while many children want more time with their dad.
Inequality in the workplace impacts all areas of our lives, from health and self-development to economic security and family life. But, despite the world's richest countries' long-avowed commitments to gender equality, there is still so much to fix - and so much we don't see.
With perceptive and razor-sharp insight, award-winning author Cordelia Fine reveals how the status quo - Patriarchy Inc. - is harming us all, in our working lives and beyond. Drawing on social and cultural history, examples from hunter-forager societies to high finance and the latest thinking in evolutionary science, she dismantles the existing, inadequate visions for gender equality and charts an inspiring path towards a fairer and freer society.
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Reviews
"If you are a woman and have ever been trapped in a monologue with a man telling you about your "female nature" - you should read this book. If you are that man - I dare you to read it."
Philippa Gregory, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Normal Women
"Combining feminist economics with a close analysis of scientific "justifications" for inequality, Fine offers fascinating, convincing answers to the question of why, if some women have so much choice and DEI initiatives are so widespread, men retain so much dominance in the workplace...Both entertaining and enraging, this is a brilliant resource for any woman who has been told "it's not really a
Victoria Smith, author of Hags
"With her trademark command of theory, marshalling of social scientific evidence, and ear for le mot juste, Fine makes a powerful case for a new approach to gender in the workplace, one that would make work fairer, more secure, and more rewarding for all of us."
Professor Nick Haslam, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
"Why do women still earn so much less than men? If you thought it was just the playing out of biological differences or the judgements of the market, Cordelia Fine's excellent new book, erudite, witty and always a pleasure to read, will set you straight...It should be read by anyone who wants to understand gender in the twenty-first century."
Professor John Dupre, Egenis, The Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, University of Exe
"Combining feminist economics with a close analysis of scientific "justifications" for inequality, Fine offers fascinating, convincing answers to the question of why, if some women have so much choice and DEI initiatives are so widespread, men retain so much dominance in the workplace... Both entertaining and enraging, this is a brilliant resource for any woman who has been told "it's not really a gender pay gap" or been faced with inclusion policies which tell her she's the one in need of fixing."
Victoria Smith, author of Hags