We’ve all encountered those pop science books, the ones that claim “hardwired” differences between male and female minds. Cordelia Fine has seen them too, but instead of simply accepting their assertions because they sound scientific, she delved into the research, tracking down the studies that purp...
I really think all educators need to read this book. Fine's target is the new gender essentialism, the reconstructed sexism that attempts to put women back in their traditional roles as 'unbenders of husbands' brows' and caregivers to children, and to keep them out of politics, mathematics and the s...
18 Sept Update: some stories reading Karen's review brought to mind from my childhood....http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/more-on-delusions-of-gender-by-cordelia-fine/-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Message on my secret diary...
This is a remarkably good book, and anyone who's remotely interested in claims that there might be inherent differences in mental function between men and women should read it. It's insightful, carefully researched, well-written and often very funny. And if it doesn't make you change your mind about...
I found it an interesting read, how we can't assume that what we're thinking on the surface permiates and how unthinking biases can cause long-term repercussions which have fueled sexism and racism and probably a lot of other isms too. A bit of a pop-culture quick look, but well cited and a springb...
This book looks at some of the popular assumptions about hardwired gender norms and asks some timely and serious questions about them. She shows that by presenting tasks as being gender biased that it can skew the results. That western culture encourages a very rigid adherence to gender norms, tha...
An amazing looking to the ball of contradiction and self preservation that is the human mind. This book is lighter than Fine's other book The Delusions of Gender, which is still and probably always be my favorite of Fine's books, but so far I just love Fine's approach to the human brain with humor a...
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