THE AUTHORITY GAP

A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BEST PHILOSOPHY AND IDEAS BOOK OF 2021 A GUARDIAN BEST POLITICS BOOKS OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BUSINESS BOOK AWARD A brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so underestimated and overlooked in today s world but how we can also be hopeful for change Philippa Perry An impassioned meticulously argued and optimistic call to arms for anyone who cares about creating a fairer society Observer Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by them Imagine people always addressing the woman you are with before you Now imagine a world in which the reverse of this is true The Authority Gap provides a startling perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives to reveal the scale of the gap that still persists between men and women Would you believe that US Supreme Court Justices are interrupted four times more often than male ones 96 of the time by men Or that British parents when asked to estimate their child s IQ will place their son at 115 and their daughter at 107 Marshalling a wealth of data with precision and insight and including i