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Cordelia Fine: Delusions of gender (2010, W. W. Norton) 4 stars

Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of …

Review of 'Delusions of gender' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

A great book debunking many of the scientific claims often made on gender differences, especially from the neuroscience/psych-crowd.

It always irks me if people want to use scientific publications to justify stuff like this. Not because I'd prefer them not to be true, but because I'm only too aware that making it through peer review isn't a good indicator about how well done the experiments were. Just ask Rosie Redfield and her successful push against the stupid arsenic life-stuff.

Many different studies are discussed in some detail and lots of flaws in those studies are shown: lack of controls and/or statistical power, multiple testing, the general problems of fMRI, alternative explanations fitting the data as well or even better etc.

Recommended for: everyone who likes to see overselling scientific claims destroyed, people who want to disarm the arguments of those who believe in inherent gender differences.