TY - BOOK ID - 78138888 TI - Gender and the Science of Difference AU - Badger, Shirlene AU - Birke, Lynda AU - Ebeling, K Smilla AU - Fisher, Jill A AU - Giordano, Sara AU - Horowitz, Jessica D AU - Hwahng, Sel J AU - Morland, Iain AU - Rogers, Lesley J AU - Talley, Heather Laine AU - Wassmann, Claudia AU - Wentzell, Emily AU - Willey, Angela AU - Spanier, Bonnie B PY - 2011 SN - 1283383314 9786613383310 0813550793 9780813550794 9780813550466 0813550467 9780813550473 0813550475 9781283383318 6613383317 PB - New Brunswick, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Politics. KW - Gender Identity. KW - Cultural Characteristics. KW - Sex Factors. KW - Human biology KW - Sex (Biology) KW - Sex differences KW - Sex differences. KW - Biology KW - Physical anthropology KW - Sex KW - Sex (Physiology) KW - Gender differences KW - Sexual dimorphism in humans KW - Sex differentiation KW - Factor, Sex KW - Factors, Sex KW - Sex Factor KW - Ethnic Boundary Maintenance KW - Boundary Maintenance, Ethnic KW - Boundary Maintenances, Ethnic KW - Characteristic, Cultural KW - Characteristics, Cultural KW - Cultural Characteristic KW - Ethnic Boundary Maintenances KW - Maintenance, Ethnic Boundary KW - Maintenances, Ethnic Boundary KW - Gender KW - Gender Identities KW - Identity, Gender KW - Transgender Persons KW - Conservatism KW - Decentralization KW - Liberalism KW - Political Factors KW - Voting KW - Political Activity KW - Activities, Political KW - Activity, Political KW - Factor, Political KW - Factors, Political KW - Political Activities KW - Political Factor KW - Dissent and Disputes KW - Philosophy. KW - Social aspects. KW - Political aspects. KW - Physiological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78138888 AB - How does contemporary science contribute to our understanding about what it means to be women or men? What are the social implications of scientific claims about differences between "male" and "female" brains, hormones, and genes? How does culture influence scientific and medical research and its findings about human sexuality, especially so-called normal and deviant desires and behaviors? Gender and the Science of Difference examines how contemporary science shapes and is shaped by gender ideals and images. Prior scholarship has illustrated how past cultures of science were infused with patriarchal norms and values that influenced the kinds of research that was conducted and the interpretation of findings about differences between men and women. This interdisciplinary volume presents empirical inquiries into today's science, including examples of gendered scientific inquiry and medical interventions and research. It analyzes how scientific and medical knowledge produces gender norms through an emphasis on sex differences, and includes both U.S. and non-U.S. cases and examples. ER -