Chapter 1: A Genderless Future? Chapter 2: Of Spirals and Layers. Chapter 3: Of Molecules and Sex. Chapter 4: Of Hormones and Brains. Chapter Five: Am I a Boy or a Girl?-- The Emergence of Gender Identity. Chapter 6: Thinking about Homosexuality. Chapter 7: Thinking about Groups; Thinking about Individuals. Chapter 8: Pink and Blue Forever. Chapter 9: The Developmental Dynamics of Pink and Blue. Chapter 10: Epilogue:The Future of Gender (and Sex).
Anne Fausto-Sterling, the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Biology and Gender Studies at Brown University, is a leading expert on the development of sexual identity as well as the biology of gender. Her latest research analyzes the emergence of behavioral differences between the sexes in early childhood. She is the author of two earlier books; Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men (Basic, 1993) and Sexing the Body: gender politics and the construction of sexuality (Basic, 2000).
"Finally! This is the book we need to teach the dynamic nature of
biology to our gender and sexuality students. Pushing us beyond
simple stories of nature and nurture, Anne Fausto-Sterling gets us
to see the world developmentally. With this book we can think the
future of gender and sexuality in biologically sophisticated
ways."
—Elizabeth A Wilson, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Emory
University"Fausto-Sterling gives the reader a fascinating account
of why sex is not a unitary phenomenon but rather a cumulative
composite of separate components that, in the case of humans, has
some unique attributes (e.g., legal sex, gender identity, gender
role and partner preference). This book is ideal for those of us
that want to better understand the biological bases of human
sexuality but it is equally informative to those that still
struggle with the fact sex / gender is neither binary nor
canonical."—David Crews, Integrative Biology and Psychology,
University of Texas at Austin"Many books on sex/gender are either
approachable or sophisticated; this book combines the two better
than anything yet written. Who besides Anne Fausto-Sterling could
pack so much information from so many different approaches into one
tight little book on sex/gender? Fausto-Sterling synthesizes
approaches and examples from biology, anthropology, psychology,
sociology, genetics, medicine and more to craft a provocative and
erudite overview of sex and gender - what we know now, how we know
it, and - crucially - how our thinking and future research could be
clearer and more useful." —Rebecca M. Jordan-Young, Women's,
Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Barnard College
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