Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society and Neurosexism Create Difference

作者: Cordelia Fine 著

出版社: W.W. Norton & Co.

出版时间: 2010-09

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780393068382

定价: 281.40

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 338页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>生活

Abrilliantlyresearchedandwickedlyfunnyrebuttalofthepseudo-scientificclaimthatmenarefromMarsandwomenarefromVenus.It’sthetwenty-firstcentury,andalthoughwetriedtorearunisexchildren—boyswhoplaywithdollsandgirlswholiketrucks—wefailed.Eventhoughtheglassceilingiscracked,mostwomenstaycomfortablybeneathit.Andeverywherewehearaboutvitallyimportant“hardwired”differencesbetweenmaleandfemalebrains.Theneurosciencethatwereadaboutinmagazines,newspaperarticles,books,andsometimesevenscientificjournalsincreasinglytellsataleoftwobrains,andtheresultismoreoftenthannotavalidationofthestatusquo.Women,itseems,arejusttoointuitiveformath;mentoofocusedforhousework.Drawingonthelatestresearchinneuroscienceandpsychology,CordeliaFinedebunksthemythofhardwireddifferencesbetweenmen’sandwomen’sbrains,unravelingtheevidencebehindsuchclaimsasmen’sbrainsaren’twiredforempathyandwomen’sbrainsaren’tmadetofixcars.Shethengoesonestepfurther,offeringaverydifferentexplanationofthedissimilaritiesbetweenmen’sandwomen’sbehavior.Insteadofa“malebrain”anda“femalebrain,”Finegivesusaglimpseofplastic,mutablemindsthatarecontinuouslyinfluencedbyculturalassumptionsaboutgender.Passionatelyarguedandunfailinglyastute,DelusionsofGenderprovidesuswithamuch-neededcorrectivetothebeliefthatmen’sandwomen’sbrainsareintrinsicallydifferent—abeliefthat,asFineshowswithinsightandhumor,alltoooftenworkstothedetrimentofourselvesandoursociety. CordeliaFine,theauthorofAMindofItsOwnandDelusionsofGender,isawriterandHonoraryResearchFellowattheCentreforAppliedPhilosophy&PublicEthicsattheUniversityofMelbourne,Australia.
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Abrilliantlyresearchedandwickedlyfunnyrebuttalofthepseudo-scientificclaimthatmenarefromMarsandwomenarefromVenus.It’sthetwenty-firstcentury,andalthoughwetriedtorearunisexchildren—boyswhoplaywithdollsandgirlswholiketrucks—wefailed.Eventhoughtheglassceilingiscracked,mostwomenstaycomfortablybeneathit.Andeverywherewehearaboutvitallyimportant“hardwired”differencesbetweenmaleandfemalebrains.Theneurosciencethatwereadaboutinmagazines,newspaperarticles,books,andsometimesevenscientificjournalsincreasinglytellsataleoftwobrains,andtheresultismoreoftenthannotavalidationofthestatusquo.Women,itseems,arejusttoointuitiveformath;mentoofocusedforhousework.Drawingonthelatestresearchinneuroscienceandpsychology,CordeliaFinedebunksthemythofhardwireddifferencesbetweenmen’sandwomen’sbrains,unravelingtheevidencebehindsuchclaimsasmen’sbrainsaren’twiredforempathyandwomen’sbrainsaren’tmadetofixcars.Shethengoesonestepfurther,offeringaverydifferentexplanationofthedissimilaritiesbetweenmen’sandwomen’sbehavior.Insteadofa“malebrain”anda“femalebrain,”Finegivesusaglimpseofplastic,mutablemindsthatarecontinuouslyinfluencedbyculturalassumptionsaboutgender.Passionatelyarguedandunfailinglyastute,DelusionsofGenderprovidesuswithamuch-neededcorrectivetothebeliefthatmen’sandwomen’sbrainsareintrinsicallydifferent—abeliefthat,asFineshowswithinsightandhumor,alltoooftenworkstothedetrimentofourselvesandoursociety.
作者简介:
CordeliaFine,theauthorofAMindofItsOwnandDelusionsofGender,isawriterandHonoraryResearchFellowattheCentreforAppliedPhilosophy&PublicEthicsattheUniversityofMelbourne,Australia.

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