Delusions Of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences
by:
Cordelia Fine (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781848311633 (184831163X)
Publish date: September 1st 2010
Publisher: Icon Books
Pages no: 338
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Science,
Biology,
Feminism,
Sociology,
Sexuality,
Psychology,
Neuroscience,
Womens,
Gender,
Gender Studies
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...
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