Why do men sexually harass women? In new research, behavioural scientist Morgan Weaving, philosopher of biology Kate Lynch and I look at how two very different explanations stack up against well-established criteria for a good scientific explanation. theconversation.com/why-do-men-s...

Why do men sexually harass women at work? Science offers two explanations – but only one of them holds up

There are two ways to understand sexual harassment in the workplace, but one of them is more scientific than the other.

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This is an excellent interview all round.

Anne Fausto-Sterling@birdlady.bsky.social · 9mo ago

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o... Strangio does a great job/ Worthe the liston/read

Come if you can ...

Grattan Institute@grattaninstitute.bsky.social · 10mo ago

7/ We’ll be discussing these books at an evening of sparkling conversation with Aruna Sathanapally, journalist @tomiscrowley.bsky.social and author @cordeliafine.bsky.social. 📅 Thursday, 11 December 2025 🕠 5:30 PM-7:00 PM 🏛 State Library Victoria buff.ly/ptRE6us

So pleased to be on this list!

Grattan Institute@grattaninstitute.bsky.social · 10mo ago

1/ Announcing Grattan’s Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List for 2025! 🎉 Here are the six books we think the PM and all Australians should read over summer. #auspol buff.ly/UbafIPQ

How and for whom can genetics education reduce beliefs in genetic essentialism? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41267401/ "We also find that the 3 intervention curricula are highly effective across sociodemographic group characteristics [...] we offer evidence-based strategies for curriculum development"

Hey folks! We're running a big repliCATS workshop in Melbourne on 16 Dec, evaluating of replicability of published papers. 🐈 metascience, psych, med, health, education, sociol, quant methods, stats ECRs welcome 💰 AU$200 🎫 + travel subsidies ℹ️ forms.gle/9JvoRBKCzYyY... Re-posts appreciated 🌈

Do you rely on others for support? From the new Private Eye, out now.

Feminist studies is "unfit for college campuses", according to a new article by Marc Defant. In my response, I argue that his critique misrepresents the field, offers simplistic treatments of complex issues and ignores decades of challenges to his scientific worldview. rdcu.be/eQsPv

Such a pleasure to talk with @tespiteri.bsky.social on the HPS Podcast about Patriarchy Inc. @allenandunwin.bsky.social @wwnortonuk.bsky.social @atlanticbooks.bsky.social

Thomas Spiteri@tespiteri.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I sat down with Prof. Cordelia Fine for an in-depth discussion about her wonderful new book “Patriarchy, Inc.” She critiques two dominant stories of inequality — the “different but equal” view and the “business case for diversity” — and sets out a richer vision of what equality should mean today.

I was very pleased to talk with Morteza Hajizadeh about Patriarchy Inc. for the New Books Network. newbooksnetwork.com/patriarchy-inc

Delighted to share that PATRIARCHY INC. is published in North America this week with @wwnorton.com wwnorton.com/books/978132...

Really looking forward to listening to this episode of the HPS Podcast.

Thomas Spiteri@tespiteri.bsky.social · last yr.

This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy #philsci #measurement

Grateful to Cristian Larroulet Philippi — our inaugural Seddon Fellow in the HPS program at UniMelb — for a rich and most insightful deep dive… 🎧 Don't miss this one! 🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast @cristianlarph.bsky.social #philsci #hps #measurement

Thomas Spiteri@tespiteri.bsky.social · last yr.

This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy #philsci #measurement

Delighted with this thoughtful review of Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life in the @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...

Behind closed doors?

One evening in 2018, Robert Ivinson, a first-year philosophy student at the University of Exeter, was alone in his designated room in halls of residence,

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'A denuded concept of privacy is ‘more about agreeing to terms of service ... than the right to be left alone’.' Cordelia Fine on the private sphere is under threat

Behind closed doors?

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Why do women experience such significant disadvantages within the financial system, and what can we do about it? And why isn't academic finance interested in these questions? New research with @carstenmurawski.bsky.social and Nitin Yadav. www.linkedin.com/pulse/intere...

No Interest? The marginalization of women in academic finance

Why do women experience such significant disadvantages within the financial system and across a broad suite of financial outcomes - from the leadership of major institutions to disposable income? And ...

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"...even just speaking about women and men feels more fraught than it ever has, and I've written about this for a long time" @lexytopping.bsky.social at our panel event last week, discussing @cordeliafine.bsky.social's new book, Patriarchy Inc ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...

Was immensely pleased to have the opportunity to talk patriarchy on the Now and Men podcast (the excellent name is just the beginning).

Stephen Burrell@thedailypanda.bsky.social · last yr.

Why do men still benefit from higher pay, status and power in the workplace? Why is the gendered division of labour so persistent, and how does it end up holding all of us back? We discuss with the brilliant @cordeliafine.bsky.social in the latest episode of #NowandMen! nowandmen.net/episode/patr...

Really looking forward to this PATRIARCHY INC event @giwlkings.bsky.social , together with: Jeremy Davies, Fatherhood Institute; Aneeta Rattan, London Business School; @lexytopping.bsky.social, The Guardian; and @heejungchung.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-we-ge...

What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality – with Cordelia Fine

Join us with Cordelia Fine, to discuss her book, Patriarchy Inc: What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality and Why Men Still Win at Work

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Tune in from 9am on @3rrrfm.bsky.social to hear from two of my favourite people on the planet; Prof @cordeliafine.bsky.social & Gregory Day. Cordelia will talk about her new book, Patriarchy Inc., and Gregory Day will delve into his new collection of poems written across 20 years, Southsightedness.

Look, she's got a lot of morning tea privilege but put that aside. We need to fund @cordeliafine.bsky.social to build a Finebot for a very good reason. We could all do that by buying her book Patriarchy Inc. Do it! Anyhow read my review to find out why! www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

A witty guide to fixing the status quo that harms us all

Award-winning author and academic Cordelia Fine gives us a once-in-a-lifetime analysis of gender equality – and what needs to change.

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Does biology determine destiny, or is society the dominant cause of masculine and feminine traits? In this spirited exchange, the psychologist Cordelia Fine and the evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven unpack the complex relationship between testosterone and human behaviour

A psychologist and biologist debate the significance of testosterone | Aeon Essays

In probing whether there are basic sex differences in humans, a psychologist and a biologist agree to seriously disagree

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My latest book, Patriarchy Inc., is out now in the UK, published by @atlanticbooks.bsky.social and distributed by @allenandunwin.bsky.social in Australia. More information at www.cordelia-fine.com/patriarchy-i...