Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society

Author: Cordelia Fine
ISBN: 9780393082081

“Goodbye, beliefs in sex differences disguised as evolutionary facts. Welcome the dragon slayer: Cordelia Fine wittily but meticulously lays bare the irrational arguments that we use to justify gender politics.”—Uta Frith, emeritus professor of cognitive development, University College London Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in human development. According to this overly familiar story, differences between the sexes are shaped by past evolutionary pressures?women are more cautious and parenting-focused, while men seek status to attract more mates. In each succeeding generation, sex hormones and male and female brains are thought to continue to reinforce these unbreachable distinctions, making for entrenched inequalities in modern society. In Testosterone Rex, psychologist Cordelia Fine wittily explains why past and present sex roles are only serving suggestions for the future, revealing a much more dynamic situation through a

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 2017-01-24

Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Biology, Psychology / Human Sexuality, Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory

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