PATRIARCHY INC. offers a razor-sharp and quick-witted analysis of why we need a new approach to
fixing the gender inequality embedded in work. Work - who does what tasks in society and
what they get in return - is at the heart of social justice. Even today the gender system
brings about a gendered division of labour that is both cause and consequence of men's greater
status and power. These dynamics limit what we can do and be unfairly tip the scales when it
comes to what we get in return create gendered distortions of competence and productivity and
irrational resistance to reforms that would make our workplaces more productive and fairer. The
effects seep well beyond workplaces contributing to poverty undermining health putting
pressure on family life and preserving females' second-class status and causing real harm and
injustice for both sexes. But progress in dismantling these arrangements is being stymied by
two false visions that pervade mainstream debate and discussion. The business-case Diversity
Equality & Inclusion (DEI) approach offers us band-aid solutions sold to powerful stakeholders
with promises of enhanced profits and performance while "Different But Equal" perspectives
reassure that contemporary arrangements are fair and reflect natural differences between the
sexes. In response Patriarchy Inc. offers perceptive and much-needed insight into persistent
inequalities in who does what and who gets what dispels the false visions of gender equality
that distract us and charts a path towards effective common-sense reforms that will make
workplaces and society fairer and freer for everyone.
