A surprising number of otherwise sane, well-informed, progressive people still believe that, in one way or another, anatomy is destiny. Nowhere is this prejudice more apparent than in attitudes toward sex differences. Women's bodies are different from men's because this is a requirement for reproduction. For decades researchers have been looking for evidence that there are other biologically determined dissimilarities. So far, none have been proven to exist.
Researchers never look for similarities between male and female brains and bodies.
That may be because the most consistent proven fact is that there are greater differences between individual men within a group and between women within a group than there are between women and men. Physical differences between the sexes enhance our lives with joy and excitement and a special kind of love. We must not allow them to be used to restrict us. Grown-ups watch closely each move that we make Boys must not cry, and girls must make cake. Send Email to Sonoma County Free Press Sonoma County Free Press Home Page .