Fate of Gender: Nature, Nurture, and the Human Future | 
pickThis is a terrific book about gender, particularly our understanding of it changing from binary to a more fluid continuum. Gay marriage and child rearing, feminism, transsexuality, gender roles taught to children, sex and science are all looked at. I don't believe this book received the publicity it deserves: it's well worth the time.
"Increasingly most neuroscientists and psychologists argue that despite our biological and generative equipment, what we call gender is nothing more than the consequence of many millennia of power struggles between the biotypes that up until now have been controlled by males."
Amen, Frank. Amen.
Ok, this just made me laugh: "…they were frequently diagnosed as suffering from 'wandering uterus' syndrome. The uterus…was believed to be in continuous search of humidity…and when denied those fluids, this 'wild organ,' likened to an alien animal, would roam uncontrollably through the female body…
Seriously? Those nutty Greeks and Romans!
"…in Norway, where 74 percent of women are employed, publicly financed childcare is offered to any child over age three, and national law requires that corporate boards be at least 40 percent female."
Nice! The first chapter focused on gay marriage and this second chapter seems to be focusing on women working. Very good so far!
My constant companions, reading or otherwise. Greta (foreground) almost never leaves my side and gets into many more of my photos, as her head is often in my lap. Gunther is more of a goof and slightly less interested in being a lap dog, a good thing at just under 100 lbs. #readingcompanions #dogsoflitsy
This writer's earlier book 'The Culture of Desire' was one of the single most enlightening books I read on the gay male experience way back in the mid-90s. This new one sounds interesting and I'm very curious to see if Frank Browning still 'speaks to me' all these years later.
