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Fine, Cordelia.

Delusions of gender : how our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference / Cordelia Fine. - 1st ed. - New York : W. W. Norton, c2010. - xxix, 338 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"HALF-CHANGED WORLD," HALF-CHANGED MINDS -- We Think, Therefore You Are -- Why You Should Cover Your Head with a Paper Bag if You Have a Secret You Don't Want Your Wife to Find Out -- "Backwards and in High Heels" -- I Don't Belong Here -- The Glass Workplace -- XX-clusion and XXX-clusion -- Gender Equality Begins (or Ends) at Home -- Gender Equality 2.0? -- NEUROSEXISM -- The "Fetal Fork" -- In "the Darkness of the Womb" (and the First Few Hours in the Light) -- The Brain of a Boy in the Body of a Girl...or a Monkey? -- Sex and Premature Speculation -- What Does It All Mean, Anyway? -- Brain Scams -- The "Seductive Allure" of Neuroscience -- Unraveling Hardwiring -- RECYCLING GENDER -- Preconceptions and Postconceptions -- Parenting with a Half-Changed Mind -- "Gender Detectives" -- Gender Education -- The Self-Socializing Child. PART 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. PART 2. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. PART 3. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

ISBN: 9780393068382 (hardcover) 0393068382 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2010019478

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Brain--Sex differences.
Sex differences (Psychology)

LC Class. No.: QP360 / .F52 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 612.8/2