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Reassessing
the Sexes
By
Felice Maranz, the
New York Post, July
11, 2004
Excerpt from the Review:
MOTHER'S
love is like an opiate,
addicting newborns with
its irreplaceable power,
according to a recent
study. Educated women
with great careers are
increasingly choosing to
stay home with their
children, proclaims
Time. A respected
British scientist argues
there are
"essential"
differences between male
and female brains,
theorizing autism may
simply be the extreme
expression of the
genetic hardwiring of
the male brain.
Gender
gaps, "Mommy
Wars" and
socio-biology make for
gripping material. We
know more than ever
about what makes us
human, male and female,
and we long for
understanding. Author
Steven Rhoads, a
University of Virginia
politics professor, adds
another volume to the
gender bookshelf with
"Taking Sex
Differences
Seriously."
Rhoads
deploys a wealth of
interesting studies to
argue that most women
want loving
relationships and to
care for their children,
allowing that some
(albeit hormonally
different) women would
like to have a career as
well. Men, he writes,
need the mitigating
effects of marriage in
order to civilize them,
while children thrive
with the best of both
biological parents, each
embracing his or her
role as breadwinner and
caregiver.
Click here to
read the full review at
nypost.com
© 2004
New York Post
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