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Sex on the Brain

Disciplines:
sociology/gender
neuroscience
evolutionary psychology
biology/sex

Summary

Deborah Blum's 1997 examination of the biology of sex and gender — exploring evolutionary, neurological, and hormonal explanations for gender differences — an accessible science journalism account of sex biology.

Core Contribution

Creates accessible science journalism on sex biology — Sex on the Brain synthesizes research on gender differences (hormonal, neurological, evolutionary) in a balanced journalism format that neither dismisses biological difference nor ignores social context.

Historical Influences

Evolutionary psychology research Science journalism tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Deborah Blum Viking

Allied Works

The Moral Animal Brain Storm

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

Science journalism on gender

Intellectual Posterity

Sex on the Brain Gender biology journalism

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