gender politics and the construction of sexuality /
Anne Fausto-Sterling
First edition
xii, 473 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-449) and index
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Dueling dualisms -- "That sexe which prevaileth" -- Of gender and genitals: the use and abuse of the modern intersexual -- Should there be only two sexes? -- Sexing the brain: how biologists make a difference -- Sex glands, hormones, and gender chemistry -- Do sex hormones really exist? (Gender becomes chemical) -- The rodent's tale -- Gender systems: toward a theory of human sexuality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Discusses the causes and determining factors of gender behavior differences and sexual identity, particularly biology and societal expectations, and argues that differences between male and female are not always distinct