The Gendered Brain

Cognitive neuroscientist Gina Rippon, PhD – a researcher and teacher at the Aston Brain Center at Aston University in Birmingham, England – details how nurture rather than nature determines gendered behaviors. She separates fact from stubborn fiction about any biological basis for gender-based differences in intelligence or capabilities.

Different Brains

As women in the 19th century demanded education, property rights and access to political power, scientists got busy proving why they should never have them. They sought proof that nature dictated the inferiority of the female brain. Scientists claimed that educating women might lead to the depletion of their reproductive abilities.