Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Cordelia Fine ,
Vanessa Daniels
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Imprint: Ascent Audio
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798228630727
Publication Date: 19 August 2025
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Patriarchy Inc. is an astute book and an easy read―all credit to Fine's sharp humor. There is an impressive array of studies and data here, and Fine links them well."" -- ""Nature"" ""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)""
Author Information
Cordelia Fine is a professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Melbourne. The author of highly praised works, including Testosterone Rex, which won the Royal Society science book prize, and Delusions of Gender, she lives in Melbourne, Australia. Vanessa Daniels has worked as a professional actress in theater, film, TV, commercials, and voice-over for almost two decades. She holds a BFA in drama from New York University and is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association.
