Sex/gender
Subtitle: biology in a social world
By: Anne Fausto-Sterling
Series: The Routledge Series integrating science and culture
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780415881456; 9780415881463; 9780203127971
Subjects: Sex differentiation; Sex role; Intersexuality; Sex (Biology); Sex differences; Gender identity
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."--