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Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences. Cordella Fine (original 2010; édition 2011)

par Cordelia Fine

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Drawing 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. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men's and women's behavior. Instead of a "male brain" and a "female brain," Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender.--From publisher description.… (plus d'informations)
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Titre:Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences. Cordella Fine
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Info:Icon Books (2011), Paperback, 368 pages
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Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference par Cordelia Fine (2010)

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This was one of the most interesting books I have ever read. Fine masterfully challenges common notions of gender differences and highlights how unbelievable socially constructed ideas of gender are. I feel I will never look at the world the same way after reading this book and seeing just how much even implicit behaviors and attitudes affect differences in gender and the formation of gender identity. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in gender issues or who is convinced that there are more inherent differences than similarities between males and females. ( )
  AngelReadsThings | Jun 1, 2024 |
Delusions of gender è uno dei quei libri che tutti dovrebbero leggere, se non altro per difendersi dalla mole di informazioni scientifiche (o pseudo tali) che rimbalzano da tutti i media. Quante volte vi è capitato di sentire o leggere di una nuova scoperta che mette in evidenza una differenza tra il cervello dei maschi e quello delle femmine? Tante.

Cordelia Fine, l'autrice di questo libro, ci mette in guardia dal credere ciecamente a questi annunci: ad oggi, è pretenzioso ipotizzare che le differenze neurologiche tra i sessi possano ripercuotersi in differenze di comportamento. In primis, perché potrebbero semplicemente essere due modi diversi di giungere allo stesso risultato. Poi, non abbiamo conoscenze sufficientemente approfondite da poter sapere con certezza che l'utilizzo di una certa area del cervello porti invariabilmente a un certo comportamento psicologico.

Inoltre, e su questo Cordelia Fine si concentra, molti dei comportamenti, delle differenze tra i due generi che sembrano aver origine neurologiche, e quindi genetiche, in realtà sarebbero la conseguenza della straordinaria adattabilità del nostro cervello all'ambiente esterno.

L'autrice, attraverso numerosi studi, ci porta alla scoperta di vecchi pregiudizi subdolamente sostenuti da nuove scoperte che di scientifico e razionale hanno ben poco. ( )
  lasiepedimore | Sep 12, 2023 |
I did not read this whole book, I jumped around a lot looking for a new thought, or a mention of trans people or even like one they/them pronoun. Released only a decade ago and painfully outdated already. I regret spending money on this.
  fleshed | Jul 16, 2023 |
Excellent, well-researched overview of the ways in which society reinforces gender stereotypes and erroneously blames those stereotypes on nonexistent neurological differences.

Thoroughly enjoyed it, and I'm not usually a nonfiction person (ok, once in a while.)

If the author were to do a new edition, it would be nice to have some more details about how all of this affects trans people. ( )
  veewren | Jul 12, 2023 |
There are many, many books and scientific studies out there that support the idea that established social gender roles are due to biological differences between the two sexes. And not just the obvious differences but subtle and even constructed one as well – intuition, capacity for empathy, decisiveness, mechanical aptitude – the list is endless. In this book author Cordelia Fine points out how much of the neuroscience that supports this idea is the result of shoddy research or misinterpreted data. She also cites studies that show how social cues and self‑stereotyping contribute as well. This was fascinating even though the writing was a little dry, luckily the author’s snarky sense of humor helped here. ( )
  wandaly | Jun 20, 2022 |
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Can we stop talking about brains now? Those who can’t, and anyone else who would like to know what today’s best science reveals about gender differences – and similarities – could not do better than read this book.
 
As Fine argues in this forceful, funny new book, the notion that gender accounts for differences in minds and behavior through some biological, brain-based process is an idea as popular as it is unproven.
ajouté par zhejw | modifierBoston Globe, Kate Tuttle (Sep 5, 2010)
 
“Delusions of Gender” takes on that tricky question, Why exactly are men from Mars and women from Venus?, and eviscerates both the neuroscientists who claim to have found the answers and the popularizers who take their findings and run with them.

The author, Cordelia Fine, who has a Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from University College London, is an acerbic critic, mincing no words when it comes to those she disagrees with. But her sharp tongue is tempered with humor and linguistic playfulness, as the title itself suggests.
ajouté par zhejw | modifierNew York Times, Katerine Bouton (Aug 23, 2010)
 
Fine's book is a remarkably researched and dense work that, even while tackling highly complex subject manner, retains a light, breezy touch.
 

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Drawing 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. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men's and women's behavior. Instead of a "male brain" and a "female brain," Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender.--From publisher description.

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