num_pages: 160
description: Sex/Gender presents a relatively new way to think about how biological difference can be produced over time in response to different environmental and social experiences.This book gives a clearly written explanation of the biological and cultural underpinnings of gender. Anne Fausto-Sterling provides an introduction to the biochemistry neurobiology and social construction of gender with expertise and humor in a style accessible to a wide variety of readers. In addition to the basics Sex/Gender ponders the moral ethical social and political side to this inescapable subject.
language: English
title: Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World
publisher: Routledge