‘Over time their conclusions could have far-reaching consequences as significant as The Female Eunuch.’
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Along with Lise Eliot’s Pink Brain, Blue Brain, Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender – published in paperback by Icon next month – was given a mention over the festive period in a Guardian round-up of feminist-related notable events of 2010.
‘Two books came out this year which, in the long-term, could change how we view gender for ever. We didn’t list them in our events of the year. Mea culpa. Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences (Icon Books) finally debunked the myth that men and women’s minds are significantly different. And in Pink Brain, Blue Brain(OneWorld), Lise Eliot argued that we create gender stereotypes in our children by unwittingly reinforcing barely perceptible differences in female and male brains from birth. Both books were favourably reviewed and hotly discussed. Over time their conclusions could have far-reaching consequences as significant as The Female Eunuch.’
