Books on child abuse? I wouldn't really recommend that.
What he actually should have suggested is either books on war (Sun Tzu comes to mind) because business basically is a shape of war. Or monkey behavior, because many organizations tend to look quite similar to a monkey colony (including people fighting with and backstabbing each other to have a chance to take a step higher on the organizational ladder).
Another good suggestion would be to read books on psychology and psychiatry, especially the ones dealing with three traits known as the Dark Triad (psychopathy, narcissism and machiavellianism) [1], because they are prevalent in big business environments -- especially in leadership positions.
In fact in many ways the author is correct, only I would not necessarily blame men for this shit system because - believe it or not - many men suffer within it aswell. As described above I would blame the Dark Triad. Get rid of the people who treat other people like they are human garbage for whatever reason and the problem is most likely solved -- for both women AND men.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad
