PHL243H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter Meynell: Popular Science, Stereotype Threat, Paradigm Shift
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Delusions of gender: how our minds, society, and neurosexism create. New york: w. w. norton & company, 2010. Brain storm: the flaws in the science of sex differences. We"re only trying to nd the biological roots to gender inequality, so why be fussy, right? (fine, 108). Feminists strug- gling with this haunting doubt would do well to take a look at cordelia fine"s delu- sions of gender: how our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference and. Rebecca jordan-young"s brain storm: the flaws in the science of sex differences as effective remedies. Depressingly, though both address current as well as recent research, the heart of their criticism is familiar to feminists: much of the research on sex differences is, by ordinary scienti c standards, bad science. Further- more, hopes for the future rest on proper controls for sexist bias and a successor science that adequately re ects the diversity of our (and, indeed, other) species.
