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The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain
Gina Rippon
3.85 AVERAGE
227 reviews for:
The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain
Gina Rippon
3.85 AVERAGE
It shatters the myth that male brains and female brains are any different and it goes through different academic papers proving or disagreeing with this theory. It suggests that we as babies absorb everything around us from birth, including gender stereotypes and it looks at the implications of this on our lives both for males and females. I've found it has made me look at the world in a different way, causing me to struggle to feel angry at someone because everyone is so much a product of their environment. At the same time, I find it very empowering because it allows you to be reflective of your own life and where gender bias may have impacted and influenced you and others around you, and how you can move away from it.
The beginning has a lot of back story of arguments/thesis' through history which have been inherently wrong, this can go on for a while and sometimes be confusing when they compared different theories and examples in the beginning. It wasn’t always apparent that they were disagreeing with said arguments, although I think this confusion can be avoided by reading rather than listening to the book (I listened on Audible).
The beginning has a lot of back story of arguments/thesis' through history which have been inherently wrong, this can go on for a while and sometimes be confusing when they compared different theories and examples in the beginning. It wasn’t always apparent that they were disagreeing with said arguments, although I think this confusion can be avoided by reading rather than listening to the book (I listened on Audible).
Very interesting book: https://blogendorff.com/2019/04/15/book-review-the-gendered-brain/
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Rating: 3.5/5
Rounded down to 3 stars.
Great content, a few great quotes having to do with living in the gendered world, and the debunking of the age-old myth of male and female brains. However, I struggled with reading this one and I don't really know why. The complex intertwined nature of nature vs. nurture is interesting to me and I agree with Rippon that we can't know how these two concepts make up a person and to assume something is just one of these may not be representative of the whole truth.
Rounded down to 3 stars.
Great content, a few great quotes having to do with living in the gendered world, and the debunking of the age-old myth of male and female brains. However, I struggled with reading this one and I don't really know why. The complex intertwined nature of nature vs. nurture is interesting to me and I agree with Rippon that we can't know how these two concepts make up a person and to assume something is just one of these may not be representative of the whole truth.
Too much neuroscience/psych that I had a hard time following
Fascinating and extremely readable. I almost want to purchase this book myself so I can keep revisiting it and delve further into the topic and research (I was reading a library copy).
I did it! I read it all! A slog at times, but I persevered.
Why people who "believe" in inherent, unproven differences rate this negatively, I will never know.
Why people who "believe" in inherent, unproven differences rate this negatively, I will never know.
challenging
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
It's interesting to learn about studies that prove the gender divide in the nature versus nurture debate. How, despite their efforts, scientists can unknowingly show biased tendencies when trying to prove that the difference in gendered brains is real. 'Neurotrash' is the perfect moniker for some of the studies that say girls are predisposed to caring activities while boys prefer machine-type subjects. A good dive into stereotypes, children, and how leaning on old traditions and ideas can make our society disfunctional in the long run.
