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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Challenges conventional beliefs about evolutionary factors that are used to justify gender politics, outlining arguments against cultural stereotypes, in a call for a more equal society that recognizes the potential of both sexes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 242 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating look at how the brain controls our relationships and romances. Neuroscientists, psychologists, and most men and women readers today have learned that the brain is Grand Central Station for our most erotic associations, memories, and secret desires. The latest research shows that the popular myth is true: Sexual orientation and identity is hard-wired, the result of our neurological predisposition, not a choice or result of socialization....
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 246 pages : illustations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? In this book, neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain. In this revised edition LeVay broadens his horizons. He adds a new chapter on bisexuality, reviews some uncommon forms of sexuality such as asexuality...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Frank Browning takes us into human gender geographies around the world, from gender-neutral kindergartens in Chicago and Oslo to femminielli weather casters in Naples, from conservative Catholics in Paris fearful of God and Nature to transsexual Mormon parents in Utah. As he shares specific and engaging human stories, he also elucidates the neuroscience that distinguishes male and female biology, shows us how all parents' brains change during the...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
159 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identies, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Much more than the "facts of life" or "the birds and the bees, " Sex Is a Funny Word opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their...
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