Knowingo
Try 7 days free
The cover of Inferior

Inferior

Angela Saini

Is science neutral about the sexes, or have long held claims that women are inferior rested on prejudice dressed up as evidence?

Get the app Read on the web

At a glance

Author
Angela Saini

Why read it

  • You will learn to ask whether a claim about the sexes is settled evidence or old prejudice with a scientific look
  • You will see why claims about brain size, health and behaviour deserve a second look
  • You will understand how who gets to do science can shape what science says

Who it is for

  • People who have been told it is just biology
  • Readers who follow news stories about gender and science
  • Teachers and parents shaping how children see ability

Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. CHAPTER 1
  3. Woman’s Inferiority to Man
  4. CHAPTER 2
  5. Females Get Sicker but Males Die Quicker
  6. CHAPTER 3
  7. A Difference at Birth
  8. CHAPTER 4
  9. The Missing Five Ounces of the Female Brain
  10. CHAPTER 5
  11. Women’s Work
  12. CHAPTER 6
  13. Choosy, Not Chaste
  14. CHAPTER 7
  15. Why Men Dominate
  16. CHAPTER 8
  17. The Old Women Who Wouldn’t Die
  18. AFTERWORD

More books like this