Cordelia Fine, professor, psychologist and writer (b. 1975)

Financial Times March 3-4, 2018

Cordelia Fine is a Canadian-born British academic psychologist and writer. She is a Full Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at The University of Melbourne, Australia. Fine has written three popular science books on the topics of social cognition, neuroscience, and the popular myths of sex differences. Her latest book Testosterone Rex won the Royal Society Science Book Prize, 2017. She has authored several academic book chapters and numerous academic publications. Fine is also noted for coining the term 'neurosexism'.

Fine dismisses as a myth the idea that men's testosterone makes them risk prone, and that the best antidote for bankers selling junk products is women.   "The best antidote for bankers selling junk products isn't women: it's a dismissal slip."  She also dismisses the efforts of both Suffragettes and the current women's movement to identify these "female characteristics" which should make men want to hire htem.  She states bluntly that women have a right to be represented in all fields and do not have to display "feminine" characteristics in order to be given representation by men.  Women do not exist for men's benefit.  They are entitled to benefit themselves.