Brain storm : the flaws in the science of sex differences /
By: Jordan-Young, Rebecca M.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011Description: xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674063511 (pbk.); 9780674063518:; 9780674063518 (pbk.).Subject(s): Brain -- Sex differences | Sex (Biology)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-378) and index.
Sexual brains and body politics -- Hormones and hardwiring -- Making sense of brain organization studies -- Thirteen ways of looking at brain organization -- Working backward from "distinct" groups -- Masculine and feminine sexuality -- Sexual orienteering -- Sex-typed interests -- Taking context seriously -- Trading essence for potential.
It is generally accepted that human sex differences are 'hard wired' into the brain before birth; but, argues Jordan-Young, when a great deal of the available research is subjected to detailed scrutiny it is found to be badly flawed. There is much to be discovered & the first step is to rid ourselves of the pseudo-science & myth.