Tag archive for ‘sex differences’
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Unique perspective on bias in science
A few years ago, Ben Barres wrote this compelling piece for Nature which confronts the stereotype that women do not succeed in science because of a lack of innate ability. As a female-to-male transgendered person, Barres has a very unique perspective on the situation. Barres wrote the article in direct response to former Harvard president [...]
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Gains, and Drawbacks, for Female Professors – New York Times Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/us/21mit.html?_r=2
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Recent books debunk myths about brain differences in the sexes
Brain Storm The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010. 408 pp. $35, £25.95, €31.50. ISBN 9780674057302. Delusions of Gender How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine Norton, New York, 2010. 368 pp. $25.95, C$32.50. ISBN 9780393068382. A book review in today’s issue [...]
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Woman: An Intimate Geography
Woman: An Intimate Geography Natalie Angier, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999 This book provides all sorts of information about female biology that should have been taught in every high school health class. Angier’s goal is to help women understand how their bodies work and how they differ physically from men’s bodies. My favorite part was the [...]
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Woman’s Nature
Woman’s Nature: Rationalizations of Inequality Marian Lowe, Ruth Hubbard, Pergamon Press, 1983 This book, which is out of print, tackles some “scientific” rationalizations of sexism and strict gender roles. It’s available at the UW Libraries.
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The Politics of Women’s Biology
The Politics of Women’s Biology Ruth Hubbard, Rutgers University Press, 1990 From the Amazon.com product description: For a range of historical and contemporary issues in eugenics, human evolution, and procreative technology, Ruth Hubbard explains why scientific descriptions and choices should not generalize human, or female, attributes without acknowledging the realities of people’s lives. Sophisticated in [...]