Sex, Gender and Society Oakley Ann
Sex, Gender and Society Oakley Ann What are the differences between the sexes? To answer it she draws on the evidence of biology, anthropology, sociology and the study of animal behaviour to cut…
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Sex, Gender and Society Oakley Ann
What are the differences between the sexes? To answer it she draws on the evidence of biology, anthropology, sociology and the study of animal behaviour to cut through popular myths and reach the underlying truth. That is the question that Ann Oakley set out to answer in this pioneering study, now established as a classic in the field.
She shows how different societies define masculinity and femininity in different and even opposite ways, and discusses how far observable differences are based on biology and psychology and how far on cultural conditioning. She demonstrates conclusively that men and women are not two separate groups: rather each individual takes his or her place on a continuous scale. Many books have discussed these vital issues.
None, however, have drawn on such an impressively wide range of evidence or discussed it with such clarity and authority. Now newly reissued