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Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Women
Why can't a woman be more like a man? What is this thing called "feminine intuition"? Why are men better at reading maps, and women at other people's characters? The answers lie in the basic biological differences between the male and female brain, which, say the authors, make it impossible for the sexes to share equal emotional or intellectual qualities.
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First published January 1, 1989
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January 15, 2018
Bought this book in Portland, OR in 1992 - read it out aloud to my girl friend while she was trying to fall asleep in our tent after each long day's trek up and down ravines in the Snake River wilderness - ordered many more copies to give away to the near and dear ones I used to regularly discuss gender equality/women's lib/feminism with - had extensive discussions about it with my (lawyer) mother, the person who had, at an early age (nine), fired my passion for this issue to begin with. Guess that makes it five stars - well aware that the debate has moved on somewhat since its publication (1989).
December 21, 2017
This is the most sexist book I've ever read. Seriously suggesting that we should accept men as viewing women as sex objects and go with the flow...this is utter garbage. No wonder we are still struggling regarding equality between men and women with crap like this out there. I found this book in my library, read it, have no idea how it was added to my collection and now I'm going to burn it in the fire pit.
April 28, 2012
The authors don't take into account any grey areas in human behavior, suggesting genders are cut from two distinct and very different clothes. Biology is NOT destiny. Horrible book!
not-to-read
January 15, 2018
April 14, 2013
Yes, the female brain is different from as early as gestation according to an Israeli scientist. It's also proven female serial killers think with the same parts of their brains as men. Interesting, but if the first is true how can the 2nd ever occur?
The answers aren't stated in this book or anywhere I've looked. Science, funny thing it is.
In this book it's simply a way to counter feminism. As a STEM major, seeing science used to push down women or help fortify the entire "we think different. weaker. fragile. emotional" stereotype is infuriating. Science allows us to see connections, establish facts. Speak connections, don't put them as facts. Particularly when environment and experience make so much of the human psyche. Food for thought.
The answers aren't stated in this book or anywhere I've looked. Science, funny thing it is.
In this book it's simply a way to counter feminism. As a STEM major, seeing science used to push down women or help fortify the entire "we think different. weaker. fragile. emotional" stereotype is infuriating. Science allows us to see connections, establish facts. Speak connections, don't put them as facts. Particularly when environment and experience make so much of the human psyche. Food for thought.
October 30, 2008
Brain Sex was written by a neuroscientist and a journalist who attempted to collect the myriad nodes of information about the brains of men and women that science had uncovered up to the mid 80s and then decipher the information with regards to what we as a society believe about gender.
In short, all the science up to the mid 80s more or less makes a laughingstock of feminism and the belief that men and women are, genetically and chemically speaking, identical blank slates upon birth upon which society then impresses gender stereotypes. Such a model of gender couldn't be further from the truth.
This is not to say that sexism in any form is perfectly OK; the book proffers that the differences in the brains of men and women give each gender unique strengths and that it would be best for us as a society to recognize these counterpart strengths and figure out how to use them together, whether in the home, in the office, or wherever, rather than one sex trying to become more like the other or, even worse, ignoring the differences completely and carrying on as if they don't exist.
After starting this book, I was surprised to look back and find that it was published almost twenty years ago. I immediately wondered what vast stores of knowledge on brain chemistry and gender differences have been discovered and published since then, and how those discoveries have further strengthened or weakened our knowledge of how gender is determined by hormones and brain structure.
My one complaint with the book is that the authors view all the science as confirming all those cliché gender stereotypes that we all know by heart, but then takes those stereotypes for granted without pausing to wonder just how accurate they really are. I think that nearly every stereotype is born from truth, no matter how far the stereotype has been twisted, blown out of proportion, or dogmatized. I don't deny that men and women, in general, act differently in a number of ways, but I also know quite a handful of people who do not follow their gender stereotypes. The science presented in the book clearly explains this, but I'm more curious about the percentages of the population that exhibit these differences, and the authors of Brain Sex don't seem to examine this very closely, instead making broad, sweeping statements about men and map reading and women and emotions.
In short, all the science up to the mid 80s more or less makes a laughingstock of feminism and the belief that men and women are, genetically and chemically speaking, identical blank slates upon birth upon which society then impresses gender stereotypes. Such a model of gender couldn't be further from the truth.
This is not to say that sexism in any form is perfectly OK; the book proffers that the differences in the brains of men and women give each gender unique strengths and that it would be best for us as a society to recognize these counterpart strengths and figure out how to use them together, whether in the home, in the office, or wherever, rather than one sex trying to become more like the other or, even worse, ignoring the differences completely and carrying on as if they don't exist.
After starting this book, I was surprised to look back and find that it was published almost twenty years ago. I immediately wondered what vast stores of knowledge on brain chemistry and gender differences have been discovered and published since then, and how those discoveries have further strengthened or weakened our knowledge of how gender is determined by hormones and brain structure.
My one complaint with the book is that the authors view all the science as confirming all those cliché gender stereotypes that we all know by heart, but then takes those stereotypes for granted without pausing to wonder just how accurate they really are. I think that nearly every stereotype is born from truth, no matter how far the stereotype has been twisted, blown out of proportion, or dogmatized. I don't deny that men and women, in general, act differently in a number of ways, but I also know quite a handful of people who do not follow their gender stereotypes. The science presented in the book clearly explains this, but I'm more curious about the percentages of the population that exhibit these differences, and the authors of Brain Sex don't seem to examine this very closely, instead making broad, sweeping statements about men and map reading and women and emotions.
December 11, 2014
يصدم المؤلفان القارئ بهذا الاستهلال : إن ما سوف تقرؤونه في هذا الكتاب قد يثير إشمئزاز كلا الجنسين ... فإن كان هناك سبب لغضب النساء فليس لأن العلم قد وضع كفاحهن المضني للمساواة بالرجل في مرتبة تافهة ، فغضبهن المبرر يجب أن يكون موجها نحو من أراد تضليلهن وحرمانهن من جوهر وجودهن.... لقد حان الوقف لإيقاف الزعم العقيم بأن الرجال والنساء قد خلقا متساوين أو أن دماغ الرجل هو نفس دماغ المرأة كما صرح دكتور الأعصاب الأمريكي "ريتشارد ريستاك" والتي تبدأ من المستوى الجزيئي من الخلية والتي تحتوي على مجموعة كروموسومات مختلفة عن الجنس المقابل.
ومع أن دماغ المرأة أصغر من دماغ الرجل إلا أن ذلك غير مؤثر حيث أن عمليات التفكير العليا توجد في قشرة الدماغ ، ولقد اكتشف وجود تأثير ثنائي للهرمونات على الدماغ في مرحلة الرحم، ولاحقا تزور هذه الهرمونات الدماغ مرة أخرى لتشغيل الشبكة العصبية التي كانت قد كونتها سابقا ، فالرجال الذين تعرضوا لحمام الهرمون الذكوري دون مستوى المعدل وجد لديهم نمط أنثوي في توزيع المهارات الوظيفية في الدماغ،والذين غمروا بالهرمون الذكوري الزائد صارت عندهم عدوانية مرتفعة بنسبة أكثر من مرتين عن أشقائهم الذين لم يتعرضوا لتلك النسب المرتفعة ، أما البنات الذين تعرضوا لنسبة عالية من الهرمون الذكوري فيكن أخشن بنسبة ٥٠٪ من أقرانهن.
واكتشف أن دماغ النساء بشكل عام تتوزع فيه المهارات الوظيفية بين اليمين والشمال في حين أن أدمغة الرجل أكثر تخصصا ، فلذلك فهم يتضررون أكثر من الجلطات الدماغية التي تصيب جهة معينة من الدماغ.
إننا نملك نفس الهوية الجنسية في الأسابيع الأولى من الحمل ثم تبدأ التغيرات بالظهور في الرحم عن طريق عمل الهرمونات ، ولا تتحدد هوية الجنين الجنسية إلا بعد الإسبوع السادس ، بل يقول العلماء أن الأصل في الدماغ أن يكون أنثويا إلا أن يحصل تدخل جذري من قبل هرمونات الذكورة.
إذا كان الرجال والنساء متماثلين ، فكيف استطاع الجنس الذكري قيادة الدفة بنجاح على مر التاريخ ! وإن كل ثقافة سوف تخترع وسيلة ما من أجل التآمر على إبقاء وضع الأنثى بحالة خضوع لسلطة الذكر ، هل تلك الهيمنة ترجع إلى عضلات الذكر وحمل المرأة ؟ العلم ما زال يخبئ لنا الكثير ، وهذا ما حذى بالمؤلفين أن يستعرضا قائمة طويلة من الإختلافات الفسيولوجية والنفسية والعملية.
تظهر الاختلافات مبكرا منذ الساعات الأولى من الولادة ، فالأنثى تبدو مهتمة بتفقد وجوه من حولها وتتعلم النطق مبكرا وتصبح أكثر طلاقة في الكلام مبكرا وتجد تعلم اللغات الأجنبية أكثر سهولة من الذكور ، وتمتد الخلافات الى الأحاسيس الأخرى فردة فعل المرأة حيال الألم أسرع و أكثر حدة على الرغم من محاولتهن تحمل المضايقة الطويلة أكثر من الرجل.
فيما يتعلق التألق الرياضي فإنه في مقابل كل فتاة استثنائية هناك ١٣ فتى استثنائي.
ويميل النساء الى أن يكن أفضل في حكمهن على الشخصيات ، فلديهن ذاكرة أفضل لحفظ الأسماء والوجوه بالإضافة الى حساسية أكبر اتجاه إنجازات الآخرين ، وذاكرتهن تختزن معلومات غير ذات علاقة وأكثر عشوائية.
جنسيا ، يستطيع الرجل الوصول إلى لذة الجماع من خلال التمرين العقلي للخيال الجنسي فلذلك هم يمارسون العادة السرية بنسبة أكبر ، في المقابل فإن معظم النساء لا أحلام جنسية لديهن ... كذلك ولد الرجال لكي يكونوا أكثر تميزا وغير مقتصرين على إمرأة واحدة ، وثبت أن الرجال المحرومين من الجنس يعانون بنسبة أكبر من الكآبة والعصبية في حين أنه نادرا ما يعاني النساء من نفس الشعور أثناء مرحلة العزوبية ، حيث أنهن فقط يفتقدن العلاقة التشاركية مع الذكر في حين أن الرجال يفتقدون الجنس.
عامة يتمتع النساء بالكلام الرومانسي أكثر من هز الجماع ويحببن ممارسة الجنس في الظلام بينما يفضل الرجل أن يرى العملية الجنسية أمامه. كذلك ترتفع نسبة الشذوذ الجنسي عند الرجل الى ١٠٪ بينما هي في النساء ١٪ ، وينتشر عند الذكور الانحراف الجنسي مثل الماسوشية أو المباهاة الإفتضاحية أكثر من النساء.
بالرغم من المساواة السياسية الرسمية إلا أن الذكور مازالوا متفوقين والفجوة في اتساع ، فهناك ٦ ٪ من الرجال وصلوا إلى الحد الأعلى من القوة في مقابل ٦ نساء في الألف.
مازال العلم يخبئ لنا الكثير من الاختلافات ، لكن لا مجال للعودة الى مبدأ المساواة المطلقة لا تشريحيا ولا فسيولوجيا ولا نفسيا ولا وظيفيا... وبالتأكيد لن يعجب هذا العلم أتباع نظرية المساواة بين الجنسين حيث أنهم يغطون شمس الحقيقة بغربال.
ومع أن دماغ المرأة أصغر من دماغ الرجل إلا أن ذلك غير مؤثر حيث أن عمليات التفكير العليا توجد في قشرة الدماغ ، ولقد اكتشف وجود تأثير ثنائي للهرمونات على الدماغ في مرحلة الرحم، ولاحقا تزور هذه الهرمونات الدماغ مرة أخرى لتشغيل الشبكة العصبية التي كانت قد كونتها سابقا ، فالرجال الذين تعرضوا لحمام الهرمون الذكوري دون مستوى المعدل وجد لديهم نمط أنثوي في توزيع المهارات الوظيفية في الدماغ،والذين غمروا بالهرمون الذكوري الزائد صارت عندهم عدوانية مرتفعة بنسبة أكثر من مرتين عن أشقائهم الذين لم يتعرضوا لتلك النسب المرتفعة ، أما البنات الذين تعرضوا لنسبة عالية من الهرمون الذكوري فيكن أخشن بنسبة ٥٠٪ من أقرانهن.
واكتشف أن دماغ النساء بشكل عام تتوزع فيه المهارات الوظيفية بين اليمين والشمال في حين أن أدمغة الرجل أكثر تخصصا ، فلذلك فهم يتضررون أكثر من الجلطات الدماغية التي تصيب جهة معينة من الدماغ.
إننا نملك نفس الهوية الجنسية في الأسابيع الأولى من الحمل ثم تبدأ التغيرات بالظهور في الرحم عن طريق عمل الهرمونات ، ولا تتحدد هوية الجنين الجنسية إلا بعد الإسبوع السادس ، بل يقول العلماء أن الأصل في الدماغ أن يكون أنثويا إلا أن يحصل تدخل جذري من قبل هرمونات الذكورة.
إذا كان الرجال والنساء متماثلين ، فكيف استطاع الجنس الذكري قيادة الدفة بنجاح على مر التاريخ ! وإن كل ثقافة سوف تخترع وسيلة ما من أجل التآمر على إبقاء وضع الأنثى بحالة خضوع لسلطة الذكر ، هل تلك الهيمنة ترجع إلى عضلات الذكر وحمل المرأة ؟ العلم ما زال يخبئ لنا الكثير ، وهذا ما حذى بالمؤلفين أن يستعرضا قائمة طويلة من الإختلافات الفسيولوجية والنفسية والعملية.
تظهر الاختلافات مبكرا منذ الساعات الأولى من الولادة ، فالأنثى تبدو مهتمة بتفقد وجوه من حولها وتتعلم النطق مبكرا وتصبح أكثر طلاقة في الكلام مبكرا وتجد تعلم اللغات الأجنبية أكثر سهولة من الذكور ، وتمتد الخلافات الى الأحاسيس الأخرى فردة فعل المرأة حيال الألم أسرع و أكثر حدة على الرغم من محاولتهن تحمل المضايقة الطويلة أكثر من الرجل.
فيما يتعلق التألق الرياضي فإنه في مقابل كل فتاة استثنائية هناك ١٣ فتى استثنائي.
ويميل النساء الى أن يكن أفضل في حكمهن على الشخصيات ، فلديهن ذاكرة أفضل لحفظ الأسماء والوجوه بالإضافة الى حساسية أكبر اتجاه إنجازات الآخرين ، وذاكرتهن تختزن معلومات غير ذات علاقة وأكثر عشوائية.
جنسيا ، يستطيع الرجل الوصول إلى لذة الجماع من خلال التمرين العقلي للخيال الجنسي فلذلك هم يمارسون العادة السرية بنسبة أكبر ، في المقابل فإن معظم النساء لا أحلام جنسية لديهن ... كذلك ولد الرجال لكي يكونوا أكثر تميزا وغير مقتصرين على إمرأة واحدة ، وثبت أن الرجال المحرومين من الجنس يعانون بنسبة أكبر من الكآبة والعصبية في حين أنه نادرا ما يعاني النساء من نفس الشعور أثناء مرحلة العزوبية ، حيث أنهن فقط يفتقدن العلاقة التشاركية مع الذكر في حين أن الرجال يفتقدون الجنس.
عامة يتمتع النساء بالكلام الرومانسي أكثر من هز الجماع ويحببن ممارسة الجنس في الظلام بينما يفضل الرجل أن يرى العملية الجنسية أمامه. كذلك ترتفع نسبة الشذوذ الجنسي عند الرجل الى ١٠٪ بينما هي في النساء ١٪ ، وينتشر عند الذكور الانحراف الجنسي مثل الماسوشية أو المباهاة الإفتضاحية أكثر من النساء.
بالرغم من المساواة السياسية الرسمية إلا أن الذكور مازالوا متفوقين والفجوة في اتساع ، فهناك ٦ ٪ من الرجال وصلوا إلى الحد الأعلى من القوة في مقابل ٦ نساء في الألف.
مازال العلم يخبئ لنا الكثير من الاختلافات ، لكن لا مجال للعودة الى مبدأ المساواة المطلقة لا تشريحيا ولا فسيولوجيا ولا نفسيا ولا وظيفيا... وبالتأكيد لن يعجب هذا العلم أتباع نظرية المساواة بين الجنسين حيث أنهم يغطون شمس الحقيقة بغربال.
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June 26, 2024Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Women has been accused of being sexist. Is it? That depends on how you define the term. Is sexism the bare contention that there are significant average physical and behavioral differences between men and women? If so, then yes, this book is indeed sexist (but then Mother Nature is the biggest sexist of all).
Or is sexism the belief that biological sex ought to define our social roles, determine our political status, and limit our individual ambitions? If so, then no, this book isn't sexist at all.
In either case, Brain Sex isn’t the male supremacist screed it’s been portrayed as. It presents at least as much research indicating women’s natural advantages relative to men as the reverse. It takes pains to point out that many of even those biologically rooted differences between the sexes are statistical, not absolute. It argues that prejudging individuals based on stereotypes, even those that might have a statistical basis, is often inaccurate, usually impractical, and always unfair. It suggests that the biological differences between men and women were complementary in humanity’s ancestral environment: exactly what you’d conclude from evolutionary logic, and common sense. And Brain Sex champions the ideas that men and women are not adversaries, but partners in life; that difference (that is to say, “diversity”), properly understood, is not be feared, but celebrated; and that acknowledging it will only increase our sympathy for each other, and our understanding of ourselves.
While Brain Sex is sure to be dated by now on specific points, I suspect its general thesis still holds up just fine.
The latest trend in denying dimorphism points to research indicating that few, if any, human brains possess structures that are entirely "male" or entirely "female." I can accept the premise while rejecting the conclusion. The issue, it seems to me, isn't whether most human brains are entirely "male" or "female." It's whether most brains are preponderantly male or female, and if so, how well do these preponderances correlate with the biological sex of a given human being? For example, are the brains of men, on average, 70% “male”? 80%?
I haven’t noticed the answer in any of the popularizations of the research, even though the data must be available. I haven’t even seen the question clearly posed. It’s as if the science journalists don’t want the public thinking statistically on this topic, but rather in terms of crude absolutes. I wonder why?
Or is sexism the belief that biological sex ought to define our social roles, determine our political status, and limit our individual ambitions? If so, then no, this book isn't sexist at all.
In either case, Brain Sex isn’t the male supremacist screed it’s been portrayed as. It presents at least as much research indicating women’s natural advantages relative to men as the reverse. It takes pains to point out that many of even those biologically rooted differences between the sexes are statistical, not absolute. It argues that prejudging individuals based on stereotypes, even those that might have a statistical basis, is often inaccurate, usually impractical, and always unfair. It suggests that the biological differences between men and women were complementary in humanity’s ancestral environment: exactly what you’d conclude from evolutionary logic, and common sense. And Brain Sex champions the ideas that men and women are not adversaries, but partners in life; that difference (that is to say, “diversity”), properly understood, is not be feared, but celebrated; and that acknowledging it will only increase our sympathy for each other, and our understanding of ourselves.
While Brain Sex is sure to be dated by now on specific points, I suspect its general thesis still holds up just fine.
The latest trend in denying dimorphism points to research indicating that few, if any, human brains possess structures that are entirely "male" or entirely "female." I can accept the premise while rejecting the conclusion. The issue, it seems to me, isn't whether most human brains are entirely "male" or "female." It's whether most brains are preponderantly male or female, and if so, how well do these preponderances correlate with the biological sex of a given human being? For example, are the brains of men, on average, 70% “male”? 80%?
I haven’t noticed the answer in any of the popularizations of the research, even though the data must be available. I haven’t even seen the question clearly posed. It’s as if the science journalists don’t want the public thinking statistically on this topic, but rather in terms of crude absolutes. I wonder why?
January 21, 2017
The opening sentence says it all "To maintain that men and women are the same in aptitude, skill or behavior, is to build a society based on a biological and scientific lie."
This very provocative book written in the atmosphere of late 70's & 80's radical feminism, puts forward a strong and forceful argument that sex differences do not arise from social conditioning or even 'nurture' or trauma but from the physical and chemical differences in the Male and Female brain.
I found this a very interesting read especially in light of the recent (or not so recent) debates about 'equality'. Mainly that equality means 'sameness' - no difference. In light of this research you could conclude that this definition of 'equality' is impossible given the differences in male and female brains and how those differences shape behavior, social patterns, work choice, family life and the body its self.
The authors use broad sweeping generalisations which is generally not what people want to hear but I found helpful in establishing general patterns and understanding the big picture. They cannot be accused of 'dying the death of 1000 qualifications'.
I do wonder how the research has progressed in the 20 odd years since the book has been written.
This very provocative book written in the atmosphere of late 70's & 80's radical feminism, puts forward a strong and forceful argument that sex differences do not arise from social conditioning or even 'nurture' or trauma but from the physical and chemical differences in the Male and Female brain.
I found this a very interesting read especially in light of the recent (or not so recent) debates about 'equality'. Mainly that equality means 'sameness' - no difference. In light of this research you could conclude that this definition of 'equality' is impossible given the differences in male and female brains and how those differences shape behavior, social patterns, work choice, family life and the body its self.
The authors use broad sweeping generalisations which is generally not what people want to hear but I found helpful in establishing general patterns and understanding the big picture. They cannot be accused of 'dying the death of 1000 qualifications'.
I do wonder how the research has progressed in the 20 odd years since the book has been written.
November 14, 2012
Scientific facts written in a most readable way, almost like a novel; fully referenced and should be a set book in every high school and/or university(if they missed it at school. This is more dense than the later, lighter and funnier book: "Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps" by Allan & Barbara Pease - which is also highly recommended for all boys, girls, men and women, who wish to understand a bit more about the difference between the genders.
March 13, 2018
Jesus christ is this even called research? Too many contradictions, not properly investigated. And they chose to grey out some of the research to promote their point of view.
Not enough depth in the subject, and not all research made was valid. (As in statistically not acceptable) Waste of time, if you want a proper book on biology/psychology as a combination this is definitely a waste of time.
Not enough depth in the subject, and not all research made was valid. (As in statistically not acceptable) Waste of time, if you want a proper book on biology/psychology as a combination this is definitely a waste of time.
October 18, 2008
i really enjoyed the science of it all, but i found the tone of the book to be somewhat negative and annoying. they say the book wasn't meant to be prescriptive, but they definitely spent a lot of time talking in ways that seemed to be prescribing certain solutions or ways of thinking about the information presented. i would have preferred a straight-forward presentation without the author's opinions. but definitely an interesting book.
May 11, 2008
I read this and John Gray's Men are from Mars/Women are from Venus in a week before Christmas. When I saw my fifty relatives performing exactly as predicted, I said "It's all true."
December 20, 2008
FANTASTIC!!! This book explains so much about the basic brain differences between males and females!
January 7, 2015
enormously sexist book. it's garbage.
June 20, 2016
I had my quibbles with the content from time to time, perhaps because I have a feminine brain in certain respects to various degrees, (I am very aesthetically minded, for example, even though I am a male) but generally appreciated the authors use of scientific studies and reasoning, and I really admire and honor them for their bravery in the face of our repressive politically correct public culture (No, I am not a fan or follower of Donald "The Banal" Trump, but I will defend his right to express himself without governmental or social censorship or repression.) I believe the persons who trash the book as sexist are emotional reactionaries rather than objective critics. If it had been a comparison of different, but very closely related monkeys who can mate, they probably would have not written such vehement (and misleading, in my opinion) reviews. By providing extreme examples of brains and bodies which are not almost wholly male or female, perhaps the authors inadvertently opened the door to people who are not almost wholly male or female brains and bodies to infer the authors were insinuating that they are freaks, or have aggravated frustrations because they judge themselves according to stereotypical male or female measures of success rather than their own, unique measures in harmony with their own natures. In any case, I choose to validate myself, instead, as normal because according to the book I am not almost wholly male brained and that is just as natural. I do wish the authors would write another book now with updated data, correcting and refining their findings in the book, as the additional data would dictate.
November 10, 2014
يتحدث الكتاب عن الإختلافات بين عقل الرجل والمرأة من خلال بحث خاص قام به المؤلفان ويحاولان من خلاله إثبات إختلاف التفكير بين الجنسين وهيمنة القوة الفكرية للجنس الذكوري على الجنس الأنثوي ، ويوردان كدليل بعض الأمثلة مثل قدرة الأولاد على استعمال الخرائط في المدرسة وقدرة الأولاد على التعلم مبكرا والتفوق الدراسي .. لكن الكاتبان يغفلان عن نقطة مهمة جدا هي أن العقل يختلف عن الدماغ ، وأن الدماغ بتشريحه الحي لايختلف أبداً ولم يوجد دليل علمي واحد يثبت أي فروقات حيويه ، أما العقل والذي هو التفكير فإن تنميته تتم بالخبرات والمعلومات والتجارب وليست بالهرمونات والذكوره او الأنوثه كما يذكر الكاتبان ..معروف أن إختلاف الجنسين وارد وواضح لكنه غير متعلق أبدا بطريقة التفكير او مستوى الذكاء واعتماد الكاتبان على الإحصائيات هي محاولة غير مجدية فقد تختلف الإحصائيات من مكان لأخر حسب البيئة والنشأة وقد يحدث أحياناً تفوق أنثى على الرجل في مجال العمل او ماشابه ولا يعني هذا بأنها تفوقت على جنس كامل فهي تمتلك فقط القدرة السليمة على التفكير كما يمتلكها كل انسان يعمل بعقله .. من الأخر بحث ركيك وغير علمي ولا مجدي
October 4, 2017
Basic for starting to understand that nature makes some things easy for some people and some other things ... nearly impossible. Sometimes it is in our hands to do something but in other cases, in practical terms it is impossible to do anything. The book sets that there are very well known explanations for several of the above cases that otherwise we might not understand never and at all.
I read the book precisely to try to release myself from the "romanticism" (total absence of) "logic", and the book truly made well one of the starting stages of that wanted journey ... that took me where I am .. making valid the quote with #158 in my list ... which I recommend reading ,,, as every quote in my list .. to be honest. :)
I enhanced the initiar review .. 4 years after writing it. Very good experience.
I read the book precisely to try to release myself from the "romanticism" (total absence of) "logic", and the book truly made well one of the starting stages of that wanted journey ... that took me where I am .. making valid the quote with #158 in my list ... which I recommend reading ,,, as every quote in my list .. to be honest. :)
I enhanced the initiar review .. 4 years after writing it. Very good experience.
February 25, 2014
This is a great book:
- great examples and realistic case studies
- deep exploration into the psyche of female and male brains
- discussing polygamy with open-mindedness that is particularly rare for Western writers
- providing insight on possible improvements to the education system to suit and accommodate the different capabilities of male and female brains (customized learning). as the saying goes: if you judge a fish by its ability to fly it will live to think that it is stupid/incapable (i know there are types of fish that can sort of fly namely Exocoetidae)
the list of good things about this book can go on...
Thanks for reading.
- great examples and realistic case studies
- deep exploration into the psyche of female and male brains
- discussing polygamy with open-mindedness that is particularly rare for Western writers
- providing insight on possible improvements to the education system to suit and accommodate the different capabilities of male and female brains (customized learning). as the saying goes: if you judge a fish by its ability to fly it will live to think that it is stupid/incapable (i know there are types of fish that can sort of fly namely Exocoetidae)
the list of good things about this book can go on...
Thanks for reading.
February 20, 2016
My favourite fragment is whe the authors hope, than in near future women's magazines will announce "the new romantism", while men's "return ot the macho". Considering the fact, that fev pages ealrier they wrote that women are interested in love and men in sex, I can imagine how wolud relationship between romantic women and macho men (both sexes accepting their natures, of course) look like. Are you scared? Good. You should be.
Oh, not mentioning the suggestions, that the women with "male" way of thinking are in fact sick. Calling homosexuality perversion is also nice.
Oh, not mentioning the suggestions, that the women with "male" way of thinking are in fact sick. Calling homosexuality perversion is also nice.
April 11, 2010
Used the information I found in this book when dealing with EEO and Sexual Harassment. Found some help there in understanding the differences between men and women so I could be aware of some of them in my work.
A good,helpful book.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
A good,helpful book.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
March 3, 2014
Basic for starting to understand that nature makes somethings easier and some nearly impossible. Sometimes is in our hands to do something, in practical terms sometimes is impossible to do anything. The book sets that there are very well known explanations for things that otherwise we might not understand never and at all.
June 24, 2014
During my first degree, I had to write an entire essay based solely on this book. The case studies are very interesting, and (at least to me) strongly support the theory that men and women are actually "wired" differently.
April 21, 2011
I read this book a long time ago and it's amazing. In very clear language the biological reasons for differences in men and women are explained.
January 2, 2015
Interesting, but enormously misleading. It talks about biological differences in the brain structure of men and women. No actual sex took place, least of all between brains.
June 14, 2017
Książka porusza nadal kontrowersyjny temat - płci i zależności pracy mózgu od niej. Pokazuje, że to hormony w czasie życia płodowego kształtują mózg.
May 30, 2022
Fatma Bayram hoca bir vaazında bu kitabın eşcinsellik üzerine okunmasını tavsiye etmişti. Kitaba kaynaklık eden doktorların çıkış noktaları eşcinselliğin temelde bir hastalık olduğu argümanı. Ana rahmindeki ceninin kimyasal dengesinin değişmesi, annenin gebelik esnasında bazı ilaçlar kullanması beynin gelişimini etkilediği gibi, çocuğun ilerideki cinsel tercihini de belirliyor. Kitap özetle biyokimyasal bozuklukların, anne karnındayken bebeğin bazı hormonlara maruz kalmasının onun cinsel kimliğini ve tercihini etkilediği yönünde. Gerçi bunun sebebi sadece biyolojiye indirgenmemeli. Psikolojik, sosyolojik, kültürel nedenleri var olduğu da muhakkak.
Eşcinselliği hastalık olarak kabul eden doktorlar bilim camiasında dışlanıyor ve çalışmalarına bilim çevrelerinde yer verilmiyor. Bu doktorlar hamilelik esnasında hormon düzeylerinin kontrolü sayesinde ilerde ortaya çıkabilecek homoseksüelliğin önlenebileceği kanısındalar. Anne adayının hamilelik esnasında yaşadığı aşırı stres, bebeğin hormon seviyelerini etkiliyor. Kitabı bazı çevreler aşırı tutucu ve seksist bulsa da, erkeksi davranış sergileyen kadınlar ya da kadınsı davranış sergileyen erkeklerle alakalı yaptıkları açıklamalar tatmin edici.
Kitabın satışı yok şuan Türkiye de.
Fatma Bayram toplanıp yasaklatılmadan okuyun demişti. Bulup okuyabildiğim için şanslı hissediyorum kendimi.
Eşcinselliği hastalık olarak kabul eden doktorlar bilim camiasında dışlanıyor ve çalışmalarına bilim çevrelerinde yer verilmiyor. Bu doktorlar hamilelik esnasında hormon düzeylerinin kontrolü sayesinde ilerde ortaya çıkabilecek homoseksüelliğin önlenebileceği kanısındalar. Anne adayının hamilelik esnasında yaşadığı aşırı stres, bebeğin hormon seviyelerini etkiliyor. Kitabı bazı çevreler aşırı tutucu ve seksist bulsa da, erkeksi davranış sergileyen kadınlar ya da kadınsı davranış sergileyen erkeklerle alakalı yaptıkları açıklamalar tatmin edici.
Kitabın satışı yok şuan Türkiye de.
Fatma Bayram toplanıp yasaklatılmadan okuyun demişti. Bulup okuyabildiğim için şanslı hissediyorum kendimi.
November 11, 2025
Dzisiaj przeczytałem książkę, którą według mnie powinien przeczytać każdy z nas. Dlatego, że mówi o nas samych, czyli o prawdziwym różnicach (biologicznych), między kobietami, a mężczyznami. Jest napisana przystępnym (normalnym) językiem, nie zagłębia się zanadto w pojęcia biologiczne. Może gdybyśmy znali treść tej książki, to łatwiej byłoby nam się wzajemnie zrozumieć? Polecam zapoznać się z nią, żeby lepiej odbierać sobie i ludzi przeciwnej płci.
September 4, 2023
A brilliant book from 1960’s, which combines the research on brain development of men and women. It explores and attempts to find out the truth, the mechanisms that lead to the visible difference in behaviors of men & women under the light of real science.
The development of brain under the influence of hormones, at different stages — in womb, after birth, in and around the phase of puberty— leads to different behavior of each gender.
It provides explanations and argues that the differences are biological in nature, instead of sociological (as being purported by Woke ideologies).
Since the book is from 1960’s, there must be new and more authentic knowledge in this field, which needs to be shared in masses.
A must read.
The development of brain under the influence of hormones, at different stages — in womb, after birth, in and around the phase of puberty— leads to different behavior of each gender.
It provides explanations and argues that the differences are biological in nature, instead of sociological (as being purported by Woke ideologies).
Since the book is from 1960’s, there must be new and more authentic knowledge in this field, which needs to be shared in masses.
A must read.
November 18, 2014
Not bad. Mostly this book told me things I already knew; they just told me it was science that made it this way.
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