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Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences

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Description for Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences Paperback. Sex discrimination is supposedly a distant memory. This title dispels the pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes. It shows how old myths, dressed up in the scientific finery, help perpetuate the status quo. It reveals the mind's plasticity, and shows the influence of culture on identity. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JMG; PDZ; PSAN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 298.

THE BRILLIANT AND HUGELY INFLUENTIAL BOOK BY THE WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOKS PRIZE

'Fun, droll yet deeply serious.' New Scientist

'A brilliant feminist critic of the neurosciences ... Read her, enjoy and learn.' Hilary Rose, THES

'A witty and meticulously researched exposé of the sloppy studies that pass for scientific evidence in so many of today's bestselling books on sex differences.' Carol Tavris, TLS


Gender inequalities are increasingly defended by citing hard-wired differences between the male and female brain. That's why, we're told, there are so few women in science, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Duxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848312203
SKU
9781848312203
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Cordelia Fine
Cordelia Fine is a Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of much-acclaimed A Mind of Its Own (Icon, 2006) and Testosterone Rex (Icon, 2017).

Reviews for Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences
We are all in [Fine's] debt. She has the expertise to check the research references cited by academic as well as popular books on the subject, and she has the clarity and wit to impart her findings to the lay reader. She exposes shockingly lightweight research that is taken seriously and nuanced research that is misreported.
Guardian The hard ... Read more

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