The book is divided into three parts: “Half-changed World, Half-changed Minds,” on the origins and persistence of gender stereotyping and the way that such stereotyping affects human behavior “Neurosexism,” on the ways in which sexism has inflected and driven studies of gender difference in the human brain and “Recycling Gender,” on the self-perpetuation of gender stereotypes, particularly in children.įine provides a survey of a wide array of studies, presenting scientific technique (and its abuses) to a lay audience. She takes a strong anti-essentialist view of gender, maintaining that socialization, environment, and acculturation are the true sources of gender difference-not biology or physiology. In Delusions of Gender, Fine gives a comprehensive review of contemporary and historical neuroscience, observing the pervasiveness of sexist discrimination in the field, the real-world consequences of the gender stereotypes that neurosexism helps to uphold, and the difficulty of effecting change.
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