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Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality
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Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality

Author: Anne Fausto-Sterling
Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Discusses the causes and determining factors of gender behavior differences and sexual identity, particularly biology and societal expectations, and argues that differences between male and female are not always distinct.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Fausto-Sterling, Anne, 1944-
Sexing the body.
New York, NY : Basic Books, c2000
(OCoLC)607462627
Online version:
Fausto-Sterling, Anne, 1944-
Sexing the body.
New York, NY : Basic Books, c2000
(OCoLC)608158115
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Anne Fausto-Sterling
ISBN: 0465077137 9780465077137 0465077145 9780465077144
OCLC Number: 43468482
Description: xii, 473 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Dueling dualisms --
"That sexe which prevaileth" --
Of gender and genitals: the use and abuse of the modern intersexual --
Should there be only two sexes? --
Sexing the brain: how biologists make a difference --
Sex glands, hormones, and gender chemistry --
Do sex hormones really exist? (Gender becomes chemical) --
The rodent's tale --
Gender systems: toward a theory of human sexuality.
Responsibility: Anne Fausto-Sterling.
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This study of gender and sexuality goes beyond the nature/nurture debate to offer an alternate framework for considering questions of sex and sexuality.  Read more...

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