With wit backed by meticulous research, Cordelia Fine examines unquestioned assumptions and glib maxims about choice at work and what both sexes want, as opposed to what they are being pressured to do. You’ll laugh, you may or may not cry, but you will certainly fume. -Marlene Zuk, author of Paleofantasy

An analysis of the persistent inequalities in who does what and who gets what in the world of work. Fine argues that rather than tick-box initiatives from HR we need effective, common-sense reforms that will make workplaces and society fairer and freer for everyone. -Financial Times

If you are a woman and have ever been trapped in a monologue with a man telling you about your ‘female nature’?you should read this book. If you are that man?I dare you to read it. If you are neither, you will love this book which shows that we have all been defined against the core of our true natures, and invites us to think again about what we might be and how we might live. -Phillippa Gregory, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Normal Women

This book makes intriguing science and gender research come alive. It’s a wonderful way of learning while enjoying great stories and occasionally laughing out loud. -Honorable Julia Gillard AC, Former Prime Minister of Australia

Where does patriarchy come from, and why does it still rule every society? Cordelia Fine tackles this monumental problem with wit and rigor, unmasking the many ways that power does what it always does: preserve itself. From the “mindshaping” of boys and girls to our perennially distorted labor markets, Fine uncovers the real roots of our global gender system and offers hopeful solutions for creating a more humane work culture for all. -Lise Eliot, author of Pink Brain, Blue Brain

Excellent and incredibly timely. -Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women

Why is it that throughout the western world, most of the high-paid, high prestige posts are held by men? Not because this reflects innate differences in ability or personality. Not because it reflects average differences across the genders in human capital. Not because men and women have different conceptions of the good life, and make choices reflecting these. Not for any single, simple, reason. Patriarchy Inc. is informed, nuanced, penetrating, written with understated passion but wonderfully free of leaden moralising. -Kim Sterelny, author of The Pleistocene Social Contract

Combining feminist economics with a close analysis of scientific 'justifications' for inequality, Fine offers fascinating, convincing answers to the question of why, if some women have so much choice and DEI initiatives are so widespread, men retain so much dominance in the workplace. As in Delusions of Gender and Testosterone Rex, complex ideas are delivered clearly and wittily, with the author once again unafraid to tackle research into sex differences that feminists are supposedly unable or unwilling to deal with. Both entertaining and enraging, this is a brilliant resource for any woman who has been told 'it's not really a gender pay gap' or been faced with inclusion policies which tell her she's the one in need of fixing. -Victoria Smith, author of Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women