This month's book is "Patriarchy Inc." by Cordelia Fine.

We will meet in Room Bee 3 on the first floor of the 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.

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.

This event is free, but we welcome any donations, which help with our running costs.