The sexual paradox : troubled boys, gifted girls, and the real difference between the sexes / Susan...
The sexual paradox : troubled boys, gifted girls, and the real difference between the sexes / Susan...
The sexual paradox : troubled boys, gifted girls, and the real difference between the sexes / Susan Pinker.
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London : Atlantic Books, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N306.3615/ 16
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English
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Physical content
x, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: female pharaohs and eunuchs -- Are males the more fragile sex? -- Dyslexic boys who make good -- Abandon ship! Successful women who opt out of science and engineering careers -- The empathy advantage -- Revenge of the nerds -- Nobody asked if I wanted to be the daddy -- Hiding the impo...
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Publisher
London : Atlantic Books, 2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
Susan Pinker, psychologist and award-winning columnist, has written a groundbreaking and controversial book that reveals why learning and behavioral gaps between boys and girls in the classroom are reversed in the workplace. inker examines how fundamental sex differences play out over the life span. By comparing fragile boys who succeed later with...
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The sexual paradox : troubled boys, gifted girls, and the real difference between the sexes / Susan Pinker.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-328) and index.
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N306.3615/ 16
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74VMj2wJ8PdM
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9781843548218 (pbk.)
1843548216 (pbk.)
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306.3615
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991000965909702626
