Hjernevask (Brainwash) - The Gender Equality Paradox

I think that Sokal was criticizing the effect of Postmodernism on sociology, not sociology per se. It was a special case of a general critique of the effect of Postmodernism.

There are others like that A website dedicated to Post-Modern philosophy and Critical Theory. (-:

And Human Reactions to Rape Culture and Queer Performativity at Urban Dog Parks in Portland, Ore

They have their own Neurofeminist bias. From the Wikipedia Talk page on the book. (In many cases I find the Talk Page more informative than the Wikipedia article itself. :sweat_smile:)

Mixed praise in Science reflected as positive

The book is said to have received a positive review in Science, but this appears to reflect how Fine has misleadingly chosen to selectively quote the article in Science on her own website, which is given as the source rather than the article itself. The actual review is much more mixed.

Fine’s version:

Carefully researched and reasoned, Rebecca Jordan-Young’s Brain Storm and Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender offer antidotes to neurofallacies … Clearly written with engaging prose, Delusions of Gender and Brain Storm … are also serious academic books.[1]

What was actually written in the review:

Carefully researched and reasoned, Rebecca Jordan-Young’s Brain Storm and Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender offer antidotes to neurofallacies such as these. [first paragraph of review]
Cleverly written with engaging prose, Delusions of Gender and Brain Storm contain enough citations and end notes to signal that they are also serious academic books. Fine and Jordan-Young ferret out exaggerated, unreplicated claims and other silliness regarding research on sex differences. The books are strongest in exposing research conclusions that are closer to fiction than science. They are weakest in failing to also point out differences that are supported by a body of carefully conducted and well-replicated research. The question is not whether female and male brains are similar or different, because they are both. [last paragraph of review] [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.182.10 (talk) 06:59, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Former APA President Diane F. Halpern reviewed the book

Halpern, Diane F. (2010). “How Neuromythologies Support Sex Role Stereotypes”. Science. 330 (6009): 1320–1321. Bibcode:2010Sci…330.1320H. doi:10.1126/science.1198057. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 40963960. S2CID 178308134. Despite the large amount of junk science on the topic that is reported in the popular media and in some academic outlets, there are also consistent findings of sex differences that hold up across studies, across species, and across cultures. Most of these are ignored by Fine

This wiki article is a starting point regarding the controversies and criticism of Fine’s Neurosexism.

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