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Patriarchy Inc.: What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality—and Why Men Still Win at Work

Psychologist Cordelia Fine investigates why formal commitments to gender equality have not eliminated men's advantage at work. She challenges explanations that locate inequality mainly in women's confidence, preferences, or career choices, directing attention instead to organizational practices, cultural expectations, and the distribution of care. Drawing on behavioral science and workplace evidence, Fine shows how apparently neutral systems can reproduce unequal outcomes. The book offers a skeptical, data-driven critique of familiar diversity strategies and argues that durable progress requires redesigning the structures through which people are hired, evaluated, promoted, rewarded, and expected to balance work with family life.

Publisher: Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
Publication date: 2025
Format: Print edition
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781324064749

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Gender Equality Workplace Culture Feminism

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1. Business & Society with Senthil Nathan — #35 Women, Work, and Power: Inside Patriarchy, Inc. with Cordelia FineChecked

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2. unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc — 607. Navigating Gender Equality and Patriarchy in the Modern Workplace feat. Cordelia FineChecked

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3. The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science — Cordelia Fine on "Patriarchy Inc"Checked

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4. New Books in Women's History — Cordelia Fine, "Patriarchy Inc.: What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality – and Why Men Still Win at Work" (W.W. Norton, 2025)Checked

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