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Delusions of Gender: so why do girls play with dolls and boys play with cars?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Sarah

[This is the 7th (and last) of a series of posts discussing the book ‘Delusions of Gender’ by Cordelia Fine] We become aware of gender at a very young age. In fact, as Cordelia Fine reports in the last section of … Continue reading →

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Delusions of Gender: a gender instinct?

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Sarah

[This is the 5th of a series of posts discussing the book ‘Delusions of Gender’ by Cordelia Fine] In this post we get to what, for me, turned out to be the most interesting and exciting part of the whole book: a discussion … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on gender identity

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Sarah

There have been a number of ‘Skeptics on the Fringe’ talks in recent years about the science of sex differences, mostly in the vein of debunking common myths. But one of the few things that stuck in my memory from … Continue reading →

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