The closest this blog has come to discussing gender so far is our series of 12 Phenomenal Books…Written by Women Doctors. The only book that addressed gender differences in that series was:
by Louann Brizendine
Brizendine stressed that there were clear differences between the male and female brain, and these were reflected in their divergent social behaviours. It is however clear that her views did not reflect the broad range of passionate and controversial opinions on the subject. It is therefore appropriate to review the subject in more depth to provide the diverse perspectives that exist on gender differences.
Exploring the subject however turned up a seemingly endless list of books which often took one end of the spectrum of views or the other. Some of these books included:
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus
by John Gray
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by Cordelia Fine
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by Angela Saini
by Cordelia Fine
Whilst these all provided divergent views of the differences and similarities between the genders, we picked three other books to review which we think provide all the different views of the topic – from medical and research to politics and history. Our next mini-series is therefore on the following 3 books which explore the truths and myths of gender differences.
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Gender Medicine
by Marek Glezerman
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The Essential Difference
by Simon Baron Cohen
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The Gendered Brain
by Gina Rippon
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So stay tuned as we start our mini-series next week!
The Doctors Bookshelf 