Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women
by Deborah Blum
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Go beyond the headlines and the hype to get the newest findings in the burgeoning field of gender studies. Drawing on disciplines that include evolutionary science, anthropology, animal behavior, neuroscience, psychology, and endocrinology, Deborah Blum explores matters ranging from the link between immunology and sex to male/female gossip styles. The results are intriguing, startling, and often very amusing. For instance, did you know that. . . * Male testosterone levels drop in happy show more marriages; scientists speculate that women may use monogamy to control male behavior * Young female children who are in day-care are apt to be more secure than those kept at home; young male children less so * Anthropologists classify Western societies as "mildly polygamous" The Los Angeles Times has called Sex on the Brain "superbly crafted science writing, graced by unusual compassion, wit, and intelligence, that forms an important addition to the literature of gender studies." show lessTags
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Deborah Blum won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for her writing and reporting about primate experiments and ethics, a subject that she further explored in her first book, The Monkey Wars. Her second book, Sex on the Brain, was a New York Times Notable Book for 1997. Blum is a professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin, and president-elect of show more the National Association of Science Writers. She lives with her husband and two sons in Madison, Wisconsin show less
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