The Truth about Girls and Boys: Challenging Toxic Stereotypes about Our Children

by Caryl Rivers, Rosalind C Barnett, Rosalind C. Barnett, et al.

Book Overview

Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett are widely acclaimed for their analyses of women, men, and society. In The Truth About Girls and Boys, they tackle a new, troubling trend in the theorizing of gender: that the learning styles, brain development, motivation, cognitive and spatial abilities, and "natural" inclinations of girls and boys are so fundamentally different, they require unique styles of parenting and education.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231151632
• ISBN13: 9780231151634
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher