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Sex, Gender, and Science

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  • © 2004

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  1. Myra J. Hird

    1. Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Myra J. Hird
    Pages 1-16

  3. Making Sex, Making Sexual Difference

    • Myra J. Hird
    Pages 17-28

  4. The Body of Sexual Difference

    • Myra J. Hird
    Pages 29-49

  5. New Materialism, Nonlinear Biology, and the Superabundance of Diversity

    • Myra J. Hird
    Pages 50-71

  6. The Nonlinear Evolution of Human Sex

    • Myra J. Hird
    Pages 72-89

  7. Sex Diversity in Nonhuman Animals

    • Myra J. Hird
    Pages 90-121

  8. Sex Diversity in Human Animals

    • Myra J. Hird
    Pages 122-142

  9. How to Have Sex without Women or Men

    • Myra J. Hird
    Pages 143-152

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 153-197
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About this book

In Sex, Gender and Science , Myra Hird outlines the social study of science and nature, specifically in relation to 'sex', sex 'differences' and sexuality. She examines how Western understandings of 'sex' are based less upon understanding material sex differences, than on a discourse that emphasizes sex dichotomy over sex diversity and argues for a feminist engagement with scientific debate that embraces the diversity and complexity of nature.

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'...the wealth of informatin presented here...is invaluable to those grappling with the social construction of 'sex' and 'sex differences'...it is refreshing to read research that has 'gone back' to the body and recognized its genetic and material realities.' - Danny Beusch, Sociology (British Sociological Association)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

    Myra J. Hird

About the author

MYRA J. HIRD is Queen's National Scholar and Associate Professor in Sociology at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. She is the author of several articles on new materialism, sexual difference, intersex and trans. She is also the author of Women, Men and Violence: From Childhood to Adulthood, and co-editor (with George C. Pavlich) of Sociology for the Asking.

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