The War On Science: Denial Won’t End Sexism

“Not a week goes by without yet another research study, popular science book, or mainstream news article promoting the idea that 

(a) any differences between men and women in the brain are purely socially constructed and 

(b) these differences have been exaggerated beyond any meaningful relevance. More recently, this argument has evolved to contend that 

(c) there are, in fact, no brain differences between the sexes at all. . . . 

How anyone familiar with the neuroscientific literature can argue this with a straight face is puzzling. Even if we were to neglect the thousands of studies documenting the effects of prenatal testosterone on the developing brain, we can look no further than the largest neuroimaging study examining sex differences to date, published just last year in Cerebral Cortex. In a sample of 5,216 brains, the study found significant differences between the sexes.”

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