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Through the author’s examination of sex-difference research, it challenges the validity of claims such as a single, identifiable “gay brain” or rigid biological hardwiring. The work investigates how brain-organization studies are interpreted, how context is handled, and how researchers may trade biological “essence” for broad, less defensible categories. It includes references, notes, and an index.","Brain Storm  \nBrain Storm  \nThe Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences  \nREBECCA M. JORDAN-YOUNG  \nHARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England  \nCopyright © 2010 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nJordan-Young, Rebecca M., 1963– Brain storm : the flaws in the science of sex differences / Rebecca M.  \nJordan-Young.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978–0–674–05730–2 (cloth : alk. paper)  \n1. Brain—Sex differences. I. Title.  \nQP81.5.J67 2010  \n612.8 ′2—dc22 2010010165  \nFor Sal  \nContents  \nPreface ix  \n1 Sexual Brains and Body Politics 1  \n2 Hormones and Hardwiring 21  \n3 Making Sense of Brain Organization Studies 41  \n4 Thirteen Ways of Looking at Brain Organization 65  \n5 Working Backward from “Distinct” Groups 91  \n6 Masculine and Feminine Sexuality 109  \n7 Sexual Orienteering 144  \n8 Sex-Typed Interests 198  \n9 Taking Context Seriously 237  \n10 Trading Essence for Potential 269  \nNotes 293  \nReferences 339  \nAcknowledgments 379  \nIndex 383  \nPreface  \nMost books set out to answer questions. This book sets out to question answers. The answers I question have to do with the nature and causes of differences between men and women, and between straight people and gay people. Specifically, I question what we “know” about male and female brains, or gay and straight brains.  \nWhen Simon LeVay reported in 1991 that he had found a difference in brain structure between gay and heterosexual men, which was trumpeted as the discovery of “The Gay Brain,” I found it interesting but also puzzling. How could gayness take a single identifiable form in the brain when it takes such varied forms in people’s lives?  \nAt the time, I had already been engaged for several years in large-scale sexuality research related to the AIDS epidemic. In an outreach storefront in Washington, DC, I ran a project that focused on injection drug users. It was there that I first met a lot of gay men. These men were not the poster children of the gay rights movement, but were poor, struggling with addiction and recovery, and trying to avoid or outlive AIDS. And so were their heterosexual brothers, with whom I also worked. In fact, these men were so similar in demeanor, dress, and daily struggles that without our detailed interviews, it was impossible to tell the difference between the gay and straight men. In LeVay’s study, the homosexual men were a singular“type” unlike the (also homogeneous) heterosexual men, and they were also somehow similar to (presumably straight) women. 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