Man & Woman, Boy & Girl: Gender Identity from Conception to Maturity (Master Work Series) (Paperback)

by Anke A. Ehrhardt (Author)

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"The most important volume in the social sciences to appear since the Kinsey reports." -- The New York Times Book Review

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How do men become men and women become women? How does a child establish gender identity? By what processes is the human being directed toward reproductive maturity as either male or female? In Man and Woman, Boy and Girl, John Money and Anke Ehrhardt offer a comprehensive account of sexual differentiation using genetics, embryology, endocrinology and neuro-endocrinology, psychology, and anthropology. Their multidisciplinary approach to gender identity avoids the old arguments over nature versus nurture. Money and Ehrhardt focus instead on the interaction of hereditary endowment and environmental influence. Money and Ehrhardt's work will lead many readers to the conclusion that the differences between man and man, or woman and woman, can be as great as between man and woman. A new model of sexual differentiation emerges from this conclusion. It indicates that the social roles of men and women, rather than being fixed by membership in a sexual caste, should be related to individual biography, achievement, and incentives. Still the most thorough treatment of the subject, this latest printing contains a new preface by John Money.

Product Details

• Paperback: 311 pages
• Publisher: Jason Aronson (January 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568218125
• ISBN-13: 978-1568218120
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,625,584 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars apparent fraud, January 23, 2007

By	readin' awhile (tukwila, washington United States) - See all my reviews

The author made a bunch of money touting his claim that there's no genetic basis in gender identity. This book is part of that campaign. His telling case study later turned out to have been an elaborate charade.