Beyond X and Y

Inside the Science of Gender

Jane McCredie (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

170 Seiten

2012
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-1962-5 (ISBN)

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Jane McCredie takes readers on a tour of gender, the science and biology as well as the psychology and sociology, of what it means to be a boy or a girl, a man or a woman. Challenging commonly held beliefs, she reconsiders our notions and brings us to a better understanding of gender.

Is gender really as straightforward as we would all like to think? What is it that makes anyone a man or woman? A female athlete is the subject of international controversy surrounding her right to compete as a woman; a pre-pubescent girl demands medical treatment to prevent the onset of female puberty; a school-age boy lives his life as a girl with his parent’s support. Questions about gender and identity are confusing and often generate controversy.

More and more, stories about children “identifying” as the opposite sex, and parents allowing them to live their lives as the alternate, or even undergo medical interventions to prevent development as one gender or the other, raise questions about ethics, values, and science. Beyond X and Y looks at the science of gender identity and offers the personal stories of some of those affected by these questions.

Leading us on a journey from chromosomes through evolutionary psychology and what makes us who we are, Jane McCredie includes stories of people from all walks of life and explores the science that is helping us answer these questions. She shows that we are far from “opposite” sexes and challenges everything you thought you knew about men and women.

Jane McCredie is an award-winning writer on science and medicine. The former news and features editor for leading medical publication, Australian Doctor, she has also worked as a journalist on the Melbourne Age and has contributed to media outlets including the Australian, the British Medical Journal, ABC Health and ABC Science.

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction

1. Conceiving girls and boys
2. The evolving man and woman
3. Hermes and Aphrodite
4. The sexed brain
5. Learning gender
6. The third and many genders
7. Sexing sexuality
8. Testosterone and friends
9. Across the divide

Afterward
Glossary
References
Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.11.2012
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4422-1962-9 / 1442219629
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-1962-5 / 9781442219625
Zustand	Neuware