Patriarchy Inc.
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“By revisiting gendered outcomes in the workplace and the explanations for the persistent evidence of inequity, Fine seeks to rejuvenate the campaign for gender justice and make it, again in Mill’s words, ‘a living belief.’“
Times Literary Supplement (London)
Work remains much as it always has: men occupy the vast majority of leadership roles and are overrepresented in positions from engineer to plumber. We see many jobs as "male" or "female," with women dominating in health care and child-care professions. Pretending that this is the natural state of things―or that, instead, both sexes should submit to working 24/7-is just not right.
In Patriarchy Inc., Cordelia Fine examines with razor-sharp and quick-witted analysis why gender inequality is embedded in the workplace and why it has to change. Drawing on theories from evolutionary science, psychology, economics, and sociology, she examines two of the most prominent movements in the corporate world.
The "Different but Equal" viewpoint espouses that women are in the jobs they want despite their lower status and salaries. In the meantime, DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) has become a slogan that emphasizes productivity and profit, not fair play. Fine shows how both are wrong, showing the bad effects on everyone when men are still stuck in traditional breadwinner roles and women are having to fight for their due.
Offering perceptive and much-needed insight into the current state of work, Patriarchy Inc. explores how we can get closer to achieving equality, even if it means upturning business as usual.
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