Patriarchy Inc.
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Patriarchy Inc.
Patriarchy Inc.
Award-winning scientist and philosopher Cordelia Fine provides a sharp and clear-eyed analysis of how the gendered division of labour is built and why it persists.
“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.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781838953355
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 March 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Edition: Export/Airside
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Cordelia Fine is a Canadian-born British academic and writer. Her work analyses scientific and popular biological explanations of behavioural sex differences and workplace gender inequalities, explores the effects of gender-related attitudes and biases on judgements and decision-making, and contributes to debates about workplace gender equality.She is the author of three popular science books, published in 13 languages. Among other accolades, Testosterone Rex won the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize. Delusions of Gender was listed in 'Ten books about women that will change your life' (Sunday Times), '22 books women think men should read' (Huffington Post), 'Top 10 books on women in the past 30 years' (The Australian) and the New York Public Library's 'Essential Reads on Feminism, 100 Years After the 19th Amendment', among others. In recognition of her work on the understanding of gender stereotypes, challenging gender perceptions and contributions to public discourse to close the gender gap, Cordelia Fine was awarded the 2018 Edinburgh Medal by the City of Edinburgh Council, to honour men and women of science who have made a significant contribution to the understanding and well-being of humanity. Cordelia is also a professor in the History & Philosophy of Science in the School of Historical & Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne.
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