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This fascinating book examines the myriad influences that shape our understanding of human gender and sexuality. Drawing from scientific findings past and present and from a wide range of personal experiences, Olive Skene Johnson explores questions such as: Is sexual diversity new? Why do men and women think differently? Apart from sexual preference, are homosexuals and heterosexuals different? Why do some people change gender? Johnson’s clear, accessible, and entertaining answers provide a wealth of information about a complicated subject.

An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author's own diagnosis.

Binary is the ultimate guide for understanding and dismantling the sex spectrum, the new cultural belief that sex exists on a continuum and that male and female are social constructs. By analyzing its 10 most popular arguments, Zachary A. Elliott reveals how the tenets of the sex spectrum deny evolution, development, and genetics. Using the primary biology literature, the book provides the listener with a comprehensive scientific understanding of how the two sexes are universal phenomena and how complex genetic networks consistently result in a simple yet profound outcome: male or female.

Seks hebben we bijna allemaal. Waarom praten we er dan nauwelijks over? Milou Deelen helpt in Hoe doen we het? veertien inspirerende vrouwen de drempel over, en dat levert bloedeerlijke en herkenbare verhalen op. Onder anderen Hedy d'Ancona, Tjitske Reidinga, Lale Gül, S10, Ellen Laan en Berget Lewis vertellen alles over hun seksuele ontdekkingsreis: van hoe hun eerste keer was, tot met welke seksuele moraal zij zijn grootgebracht, en of ze weleens ongewenste intimiteiten meegemaakt hebben tot wat hun persoonlijke definitie van goede seks is.