The sexual paradox : men, women and the real gender gap / Susan Pinker.
Publication details: New York : Scribner, 2008.Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover edDescription: x, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780743284707
- 0743284704
- 306.3/615 22
- HD6060.6 .P56 2008
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Jessie Street National Women's Library | 306.3615 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library | 66529 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-328) and index.
Introduction: female pharaohs and eunuchs -- Are males the more fragile sex? -- Dyslexic boys who make good -- Abandon ship! Successful women who opt out of science and engineering careers -- The empathy advantage -- Revenge of the nerds -- Nobody asked if I wanted to be the daddy -- Hiding the imposter within -- Competition: Is it a guy thing? -- Turbocharged: men with ADHD who succeed -- Things are not what they seem -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Sources.
"Susan Pinker, psychologist and award-winning columnist, has written a groundbreaking and controversial book that reveals why learning and behavioral gaps between boys and girls in the classroom are reversed in the workplace." "Pinker examines how fundamental sex differences play out over the life span. By comparing fragile boys who succeed later with high-achieving women who opt out or plateau in their careers, Pinker turns several assumptions upside down: that women and men are biologically equivalent, that intelligence is all it takes to succeed, and that women are just versions of men, with identical interests and goals. In lively prose, Pinker guides readers through the latest findings in neuroscience and economics."--BOOK JACKET.
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