Patriarchy Inc - What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality, and Why Men Still Win

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 healthcare and childcare 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 and 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.

Product details

• Authors: Cordelia Fine, Fine Cordelia
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2025
• EAN: 9781324064749
• ISBN: 978-1-324-06474-9
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social groups, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies, gender groups, Personnel & human resources management, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Diversity & Inclusion