Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs

Rosalind C. Barnett
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From respected academics like Carol Gilligan to pop-psych gurus like John Gray, and even the controversial Harvard President Lawrence Summers, the message has long been the Men and women are fundamentally different, and trying to bridge the gender gap can only lead to grief. But as the New York Times Book Review raved, Barnett and Rivers "debunk these theories in a no-nonsense way, offering a refreshingly direct (i.e. unashamedly judgmental) critique of traditional parental roles, tututting at the couples they interviewed who cling to stereotyped ideas of the family." "Blending case histories, new research and thoughtful analysis, the writers describe the divide between the sexes as a crevice, not a chasm. The good We're all a lot more flexible than the gender clich8Es let on."- Psychology Today
Genres: NonfictionFeminismGenderPsychologySociologyParentingGender StudiesScienceSocial IssuesSchool
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