Delusions of Gender - Dr. Cordelia Fine, The Freedomain Radio Interview

Book: http://www.cordeliafine.com/delusions_of_gender.html
Cordelia Fine studied Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, followed by an M.Phil in Criminology at Cambridge University. She was awarded a Ph.D in Psychology from University College London. From 2002 to 2007 she was a Research Associate at Monash University, and then at the Australian National University. She is currently a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics at Macquarie University, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne.

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[HKTeeVee]

@Brandon112878 I'm reading the book now. pretty interesting so far...

[Brandon112878]

@HKTeeVee Actually, I don't think she says that gender is entirely social. I think she is saying that society interfaces with or influences biological tendencies. There is a nuanced but highly important difference between the two. We need to appreciate such nuances, not smugly sweep over them as if they don't matter, but our crude and sophomoric impressions do.

[MGsven]

i dont agree at all with the statements that society gives women a lower role, thats a recent thing thats what feminists did, they compared motherhood to slavery, men worked themselves to death to protect their wives and children, i mean, id be a stay at home dad, i really think women should put more value on their own role, i think motherhood is the most crucial, whilst i think jobs outside dont mean a thing compared to ur own kids

[MGsven]

she studied critical theory and tries to critisize science, i mean really?

on top of that she still lives in the past, sorry but really a bias in the advcantage of males? does she have a tv, or check out any schools where they have huge biasesses towards girls

(boys are falling behind right?)

i dont think she is very credible

if she thinks she has the truth on her side, do some real science then we will see if its the case

[MGsven]

@jamesregmorris u realize there are plenty of women that started wars throughout history right?

[jamesregmorris]

The default position is male, it always is. Men have been trained to be interested in things rather than people because men go fight wars for things while woman have historically stayed home to look after people.

I think that, because if this men have caused all wars, so maybe men have to justice a violence to themselves where woman don't. Just a thought.

[jamesregmorris]

I would suggest that children's lit is so bipolar in a " pink and blue way" is because our society teaches boys to be boys and girls to be girls. I believe most of the differences between the sex's are learnt.

[EnigmaticOricle]

I find this topic fascinating. Good on her for providing a different perspective, and exploring a very interesting and important issue.

[namecyber]

@Virtueman1 And Ellen Ripley and Lyra Belacqua  :)

[namecyber]

@GaudierBrzeska I like it!

[namecyber]

@Knepperify1 Read the book.