Sexing the Body

The dynamic development of gender and sexuality
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Nature VERSUS Nurture (Part 2): Building Brains

By Anne Fausto Sterling on August 30, 2010 in Sexing the Body

O.M.G.!! The toes and fingers are so tiny! The face is so round and appealing. The eyes are so, umm..., unfocused. And that little newborn brain. If only we knew what this tiny new creature was thinking. Hmmm. We don't know what a newborn thinks, but we do know that its brain is pretty undeveloped.
And by undeveloped I mean that it has just begun to set up shop. Read More

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Anne Fausto-Sterling

Anne Fausto-Sterling is the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Biology and Gender Studies and Chair of the Program in Science and Technology Studies at Brown University.

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