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Delusions of gender
368 pages
A witty, razor-sharp dismantling of the junk science that insists men and women are biologically wired to be fundamentally different.
What it feels like
Reading this feels like sitting down with a brilliantly sharp, slightly exasperated friend who is ready to tear apart every bad scientific study you have ever read about male and female brains. The pace is surprisingly brisk for a book rooted in neuroscience, propelled by the author's dry, relentless wit and her refusal to suffer fools. It creates an intellectually invigorating atmosphere, replacing the heavy dread of biological determinism with the liberating fresh air of rigorous, skeptical inquiry. You will find yourself highlighting entire pages, nodding along in righteous satisfaction as flimsy neurosexism is systematically dismantled. It is a deeply empowering read that delights feminists, science nerds, and anyone who loves watching bad data get thoroughly and hilariously debunked.
- Mood
- intellectually invigorating
- righteous
- eye-opening
- Tone
- wry
- analytical
- sharp
- witty
- authoritative
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- dismantling neurosexism · cultural conditioning · the myth of the hardwired brain · science versus society
- The writing
- Sharp, accessible, and heavily laced with a dry, sarcastic wit that makes dense neuroscience highly digestible.
- The arc
- Moves from a shared frustration with pervasive gender myths to a deeply satisfying, intellectually empowering clarity.
- Who it's for
- Skeptics, feminists, and science enthusiasts who love watching bad data get dismantled with humor and rigorous logic.
Content notes
- sexism
- gender-based discrimination
About the book
Subtitle: How our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference
Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, the author criticizes claims about innate biological differences between men and women's minds as being faulty and exaggerated and considers how cultural and societal beliefs contribute to sex differences.
Cornelia Fine is an academic psychologist.
Description from Open Library.
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