Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine

Delusions of Gender

by Cordelia Fine

THE BRILLIANT AND HUGELY INFLUENTIAL BOOK BY THE WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOKS PRIZE

'Fun, droll yet deeply serious.' New Scientist

'A brilliant feminist critic of the neurosciences ... Read her, enjoy and learn.' Hilary Rose, THES

'A witty and meticulously researched exposé of the sloppy studies that pass for scientific evidence in so many of today's bestselling books on sex differences.' Carol Tavris, TLS


Gender inequalities are increasingly defended by citing hard-wired differences between the male and female brain. That's why, we're told, there are so few women in science, so few men in the laundry room...

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5 of 5 stars

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Quite excellent overview of sexism in neurology and popular psychology.

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