Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

â‚¬Å“[Fineâ‚¬s] sharp tongue is tempered with humor. . . . Read this book and see how complex and fascinating the whole issue is.â‚¬Ââ‚¬â€¢The New York Times
Itâ‚¬s the twenty-first century, and although we tried to rear unisex childrenâ‚¬â€¢boys who play with dolls and girls who like trucksâ‚¬â€¢we failed. Even though the glass ceiling is cracked, most women stay comfortably beneath it. And everywhere we hear about vitally important â‚¬Å“hardwiredâ‚¬Â differences between male and female brains. The neuroscience that we read about in magazines, newspaper articles, books, and sometimes even scientific journals increasingly tells a tale of two brains, and the result is more often than not a validation of the status quo. Women, it seems, are just too intuitive for math; men too focused for housework.

Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between menâ‚¬s and womenâ‚¬s brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as menâ‚¬s brains arenâ‚¬t wired for empathy and womenâ‚¬s brains arenâ‚¬t made to fix cars. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between menâ‚¬s and womenâ‚¬s behavior. Instead of a â‚¬Å“male brainâ‚¬Â and a â‚¬Å“female brain,â‚¬Â Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender.

Passionately argued and unfailingly astute, Delusions of Gender provides us with a much-needed corrective to the belief that menâ‚¬s and womenâ‚¬s brains are intrinsically differentâ‚¬â€¢a belief that, as Fine shows with insight and humor, all too often works to the detriment of ourselves and our society.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780393340242
ReleaseDate 2011-08-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393340242

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780393340242
ReleaseDate	2011-08-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780393340242

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

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