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Review: Patriarchy Inc. – Cordelia Fine (Atlantic)
“When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of
society,” Judith Butler wrote recently, “progressive politics in general is
held responsible for every social ill.” Authoritarians are empowered to oppress
vulnerable people in the name of “the nation, the natural order, the family,
society or civilization itself”.
The links between sacrificing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and
upholding patriarchal white supremacy are clear. This has prompted many to
fight harder to preserve DEI.
If only existing DEI wasn’t so crap.
Cordelia Fine is critical of existing DEI policies and has some evidence-based
suggestions for workplaces that actually want gender equity. The problem is,
she suspects many workplaces are using aspects of DEI as a veneer.
The uselessness of most DEI measures – things like self-directed mandatory
gender bias training, work-family flexibility measures that encourage women
into career-limiting roles, and management targets that make a handful of women
wealthy but widen the aggregate gender pay gap – may be a feature, not a bug,
of the contemporary system."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
