Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men

From Library Journal
Are men smarter than women, better at math, inherently more aggressive? Are women verbal, subject to monthly emotional storms, and doomed without hormone intervention to a sexless deteriorating old age? Do studies by sociobiologists shed light on gender behavior in humans? Fausto-Sterling, an associate professor of medical science at Brown University, considers all these questions, concentrating on the scientific studies on which popular assumptions are often based. She presents complicated ideas clearly and knowledgeably and is devastatingly critical of the scientific validity of much of the work she cites. Her own opinions unavoidably (and admittedly) color her judgment subtly, but she does great service in exposing the faultiness of many gender studies and presenting the complexity of this important topic. Margery C. Coombs, Zoology Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts, AmherstCopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Book News, Inc.
<:;st> Reprint of the Basic Books edition of 1985--which is cited in BCL3. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Book Description
By carefully examining the biological, genetic, evolutionary, and psychological evidence, a noted biologist finds a shocking lack of substance behind ideas about biologically-based sex differences.


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"A temperate, judiciously argued book that makes its complicated subjects accessible in clear and uncomplicated prose...Instructive and provocative."  — Harper Collins - New Media


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