Stop Fixing Women

Millions of words have been spent in our quest to explain men's seemingly never-ending dominance in boardrooms, in parliaments, in the bureaucracy, and in almost every workplace. So why is gender inequality still such a pressing issue?

Wage inequality between men and women seems one of the intractables of our age. Women are told they need to back themselves more, stop marginalising themselves, negotiate better, speak up, support each other, and strike a balance between work and home. This searing book argues that insisting women fix themselves won't fix the system—the system built by men.

Stop Fixing Women by Catherine Fox does more than identify and analyse the nature of the problem. Her book is an important tool for male leaders who say they want to make a difference. She throws down the gauntlet, showing how business, defence, public service, and community leaders might take action, rather than just talk about it. She demonstrates that not only will this be better for women but also for productivity, not to mention men and women's health and happiness at home and at work.