"Patriarchy Inc." by Cordelia Fine

This month book is "Patriarchy Inc." by Cordelia Fine. We will meet in Room Bee 3 in Beeston Library to discuss the book. Please come along even if you haven't read it: it's an occasion to discuss humanist issues and meet other people interested in humanism. You don't need to have read the book to come to the meeting, you just need to have an interest in the topic and in humanist values. Please support Nottingham Humanists by registering and giving a donation on the events page. Description: 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.