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Female Hormones
Field Dependence
Head Circumference
Hic Mulier
hormones
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Make Up
Makeup
Male Hormones
Mary Wollstonecraft
Masculinity Femininity Test
Mbuti Pygmies
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Opposite Sex
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Premenstrual Syndrome
Red Green Colour Blindness
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Sex Chromosomes
Sex Differences
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Vice Versa
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- ISBN 9781472435620
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jan 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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What are the differences between the sexes? That is the question that Ann Oakley set out to answer in this pioneering study, now established as a classic in the field. To answer it she draws on the evidence of biology, anthropology, sociology and the study of animal behaviour to cut through popular myths and reach the underlying truth. She demonstrates conclusively that men and women are not two separate groups: rather each individual takes his or her place on a continuous scale. She shows how different societies define masculinity and femininity in different and even opposite ways, and discusses how far observable differences are based on biology and psychology and how far on cultural conditioning. Many books have discussed these vital issues. None, however, have drawn on such an impressively wide range of evidence or discussed it with such clarity and authority. Now newly reissued with a substantial introduction which highlights its continuing relevance, this work will continue to inform and shape dialogues around sex and gender for a new generation of scholars and students.
Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the Social Science Research Unit at the Institute of Education, UK. She is the author of The Sociology of Housework, From Here to Maternity, The Captured Womb, Gender on Planet Earth and many other works, including fiction.
