She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men's and women's behavior. Women, it seems, are just too intuitive for math men too focused for housework.ĭrawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between men's and women's brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as men's brains aren't wired for empathy and women's brains aren't made to fix cars.
The neuroscience that we read about in magazines, newspaper articles, books, and sometimes even scientific journals increasingly tells a tale of two brains, and the result is more often than not a validation of the status quo. And everywhere we hear about vitally important "hardwired" differences between male and female brains. Even though the glass ceiling is cracked, most women stay comfortably beneath it.
It's the twenty-first century, and although we tried to rear unisex children-boys who play with dolls and girls who like trucks-we failed. Read this book and see how complex and fascinating the whole issue is."-The New York Times
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