Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality by Anne Fausto-Sterling

Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality

Anne Fausto-Sterling

496 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A reader curious about the intersection of science, culture, and gender identity, and open to re-examining conventional views of biological binaries.

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Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even th...

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