title: STEMMinist Book Club - Stop Fixing Women by Catherine Fox
start: 2018-04-04
start time: 18:15
end time: 20:00
venue: TBD
tags: FeminismInIreland WomeninTechnologyandScience feminism feminismo feminismus mathematics science technology wits witsireland
links:
Página Facebook del evento https://www.facebook.com/events/3969807113054383/
description:
Join us for our second book club event as part of STEMMinist Book Club. They are currently discussing 'Stop Fixing Women' by Catherine Fox, the second book that they have chosen. WITS Ireland are delighted to run this event and after the success of our first book club event we look forward to another great discussion!
Book Description:
Millions of words have been spent in our quest to explain men's seemingly never-ending dominance in boardrooms, in parliaments, in the bureaucracy and in almost every workplace. So why is gender inequality still such a pressing issue? Wage inequality between men and women seems one of the intractables of our age. Women are told they need to back themselves more, stop marginalising themselves, negotiate better, speak up, support each other, strike a balance between work and home. This searing book argues that insisting that women fix themselves won't fix the system, the system built by men. Catherine Fox does more than identify and analyze the nature of the problem. Her book is an important tool for male leaders who say they want to make a difference. She throws down the gauntlet, showing how business, defence, public service and community leaders might do it, rather than just talk about it. She shows that not only will this be better for women but for productivity as well, not to mention men and women's health and happiness at home and at work.
To join STEMMinist Book Club:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/416079-stemminist-book-club