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Bezig met laden... Myths Of Gender: Biological Theories About Women And Men (1985)door Anne Fausto-Sterling
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. ![]() ![]() The original version was printed in the '80s. It's an earlier specimen of a genre, debunking studies that claim to use science to show that women can't do math and to justify social inequities. Quite a few of the ideas are still coming back in 2018. If it weren't for virulent prejudice this genre would have it easy. Many examples of hilariously idiotic prior pronouncements from the scientific establishment abound and the juicy quotes are easy to find. It seems like many of these books can include a scathing remark about prejudice by John Stuart Mill, a fine source for these things. What these books generally teach me is: 1. There is a long history of scientific claims for women's inferiority. Any sort of vigorous activity is sure to finish them off pronto, or at least make them unfit for child-rearing, thinking, study of any kind, will make them sterile, etc. 2. Embryology is _so_ complicated and embryological sexual development is intricate. 3. Genetics is _so_ complicated and expression of genes is modulated by so many factors. 4. There have been many studies that purport to show something that are poster children for the cargo cult science metaphor of Richard Feynman. This book was well written, but I simply can not follow the embryology, so that is lost on me. It avoids symbolic math but does a pretty good job of explaining statistics where necessary. Written by a pioneer who could write rather well. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
By carefully examining the biological, genetic, evolutionary, and psychological evidence, a noted biologist finds a shocking lack of substance behind ideas about biologically based sex differences. Features a new chapter and afterward on recent biological breakthroughs. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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