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1 online resource (175 pages) |
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Introducing Testosterone rex -- A note about terminology -- Part one. Past. Chapter 1. Flies of fancy ; Chapter 2. One hundred babies? ; Chapter 3. A new position on sex -- Part two. Present. Chapter 4. Why can't a woman be more like a man? ; Chapter 5. Skydiving wallflowers ; Chapter 6. The hormonal essence of the T-Rex? ; Chapter 7. The myth of the Lehman sisters -- Part three. Future. Chapter 8. Vale rex -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
A landmark new book from Cordelia Fine, author of the hugely influential Delusions of Gender |
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"Fixed in an ancestral past that rewarded competitive men and caring women, these differences are supposedly re-created in each generation by sex hormones and male and female brains. Testosterone, so we're told, is the very essence of masculinity, and biological sex is a fundamental force in our development. Not so, says psychologist Cordelia Fine, who shows, with wit and panache, that sex doesn't create male and female natures. Instead, sex, hormones, culture and evolution work together in ways that make past and present gender dynamics only a serving suggestion for the future - not a recipe. Testosterone Rex brings together evolutionary science, psychology, neuroscience and social history to move beyond old 'nature versus nurture' debates, and to explain why it's time to unmake the tyrannical myth of Testosterone Rex. For fans of Fine - whose Delusions of Gender 'could have far-reaching consequences as significant as The Female Eunuch' (Viv Groskop, Guardian) - and thousands of new readers, this is an upbeat, timely and important contribution to the debate about gender in society."--Publisher description |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Sex differences (Psychology)
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Sex differences.
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Sex differences -- Social aspects
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Hormones, Sex.
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Human evolution -- History
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
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Hormones, Sex
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Human evolution
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Sex differences
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Sex differences (Psychology)
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Sex differences -- Social aspects
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781785781629 |
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1785781626 |
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