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Book SynopsisIn Sex, Gender and Science, Myra Hird outlines the social study of science and nature, specifically in relation to sex, sex differences, and sexuality. She examines how Western understandings of sex are based less upon understanding material sex differences than on a discourse that emphasizes sex dichotomy over sex diversity and argues for a feminist engagement with scientific debate that embraces the diversity and complexity of nature.
Trade Review'...the wealth of informatin presented here...is invaluable to those grappling with the social construction of 'sex' and 'sex differences'...it is refreshing to read research that has 'gone back' to the body and recognized its genetic and material realities.' - Danny Beusch, Sociology (British Sociological Association)
Table of ContentsIntroduction Making Sex, Making Sexual Difference The Body of Sexual Difference New Materialism, Nonlinear Biology, and the Superabundance of Diversity The Nonlinear Evolution of Human Sex Sex Diversity in Non-Human Animals Sex Diversity in Human Animals How to Have Sex Without Women or Men Glossary of Terms Bibliography
