All ancient deities associated with webs and nets were goddesses. Many of the processes we use to operate a computer are inherently feminine. The main criticism stems from people hearing about the theory but not reading the book and misinterpreting what I have proposed. I am not saying that men read better than women or that men's left brains are better than women's. I am not saying that people shouldn't read or that television is an unqualified benefit.
Some feminists resent that a man has written a book about the goddess.
Some academics are appalled that a non-specialist has wandered through their turf. And some reviewers believe that interpreting all history through a narrow lens is too simplistic. To write a book of such sweeping scope, I had to leave out a lot of alternative possibilities. This does not mean that I am unaware of them. In general, the book has been very favorably reviewed and many people are excited to have a neuroanatomical hypothesis to explain a historical enigma.