Though many studies and theories claim to prove that male. Instead of a 'male brain' and a 'female brain,' Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender. Delusions of Gender is a look into the dubious science behind gender differences in the human brain. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men's and women's behavior. For fans of Fine - whose Delusions of Gendercould have far-reaching consequences as significant as The Female Eunuch (Viv Groskop, Guardian) - and thousands. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between men's and women's brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as men's brains aren't wired for empathy and women's brains aren't made to fix cars. Women, it seems, are just too intuitive for math men too focused for housework. The neuroscience that we read about in magazines, newspaper articles, books, and sometimes even scientific journals increasingly tells a tale of two brains, and the result is more often than not a validation of the status quo. And everywhere we hear about vitally important 'hardwired' differences between male and female brains. Even though the glass ceiling is cracked, most women stay comfortably beneath it. Summary: 'It's the twenty-first century, and although we tried to rear unisex children-boys who play with dolls and girls who like trucks-we failed.

Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine