02670nam 2200625 a 450 991045364740332120200520144314.01-74224-549-8(CKB)2550000001158305(EBL)769830(OCoLC)751695588(SSID)ssj0000538826(PQKBManifestationID)11369740(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538826(PQKBWorkID)10569408(PQKB)11450563(MiAaPQ)EBC769830(MiAaPQ)EBC677998(Au-PeEL)EBL769830(CaPaEBR)ebr10476147(Au-PeEL)EBL677998(OCoLC)711748853(EXLCZ)99255000000115830520110321d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking girls and boys[electronic resource] inside the science of sex /Jane McCredie1st ed.Sydney University of New South Wales Press20111 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-100-4 1-306-10144-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and index.Cover; About the Author; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; 1 Conceiving girls and boys; The great egg and sperm race; Genes maketh the man; The war of the sexes; 2 The evolving man and woman; Chimp balls and seal blubber; Domesticating humans; 3 Hermes and Aphrodite; Beyond the binary; Restoring order; 4 The sexed brain; The search for difference; Chickens and eggs; 5 Learning gender; Playing with cars; John is a boy, Betty is a girl; The two tribes; 6 The third and many genders; Sex at work; Making men; The third sex; 7 Sexing sexualityIs gender really as strightforward as we would like to think? What is it that makes a person a man or woman? Leading us on a journey from chromosones to evolutionary psychology and through to the playground Jane McCredie explores these fascinatiang questions unfolding the story of gender.Gender identitySex (Psychology)Sex determination, GeneticElectronic books.Gender identity.Sex (Psychology)Sex determination, Genetic.305.3McCredie Jane873473MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453647403321Making girls and boys1950057UNINA