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Now updated with groundbreaking research, this award-winning classic examines the construction of sexual identity in biology, society, and history.

Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative audiobook, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex is shaped by the culture in which scientific knowledge is produced.

Drawing on astonishing real-life cases and a probing analysis of centuries of scientific research, Fausto-Sterling demonstrates how scientists have historically politicized the body. In lively and impassioned prose, she breaks down three key dualisms - sex/gender, nature/nurture, and real/constructed - and asserts that individuals born as mixtures of male and female exist as one of five natural human variants and, as such, should not be forced to compromise their differences to fit a flawed societal definition of normality.

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Reviewer: Marianne Janack
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Engaging and important book
Review: This is great book, and though it's almost 10 years old now, it's especially important and relevant to contemporary discussions of transgender and identity. I use it in my Philosophy of Science class, and though some of the technical language is challenging, the way that Fausto-Sterling continues to guide us through the larger narrative means that it's still relatively easy to read those sections. I highly recommend it.

Reviewer: tamiii
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: When It Comes to Sex ,...
Review: ...it all comes down to emotions, recalling that the original meaning of that word was a movement of people, a civil disturbance. From the intersexual to the homosexual, Fausto-Sterling reviews the history and politics that informed the science and medical practice of 20th Century sex. I happily add this volume on the gender politics of popular science to a different but equally interesting work by Simon LeVay, Queer Science. However unlike LeVay, Fausto-Sterling recognizes a relationship between sexualized science and the rise of American monopoly capitalism (and its demands for social stability) though her observations in this arena are frustratingly preliminary. Readers of this book might also enjoy Jennifer Terry's An American Obsession which delves more deeply into cultural history.

Reviewer: Kat
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Seems like it is good overall
Review: It came packed safely but the cover was folded when I opened it.. Seems like it is good overall. Just wished they were more careful handling it...

Reviewer: J. Beier
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Revelatory and well-written
Review: I found it fascinating. There's much more plasticity in human sexual identity than we generally think. Only complaint is the tiny size of the print.

Reviewer: Hmmm
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great
Review: I got a little lost in some of the technical talk, but I loved this. It's awesome. Absolutely worth reading. Every good femenist and educated person should read this.

Reviewer: W
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Gender seen from a particular perspective
Review: As a transgendered person who is trying to read as much information as possible about gender, this book does supply alot of historic, scientific and theoretical background. It is another important addition to my library. That being said, I was taken aback by her comments regarding transexuals on pp 253 as a "type of human" and "stereotypical member of their sex to be". If I misunderstood the inference, I apologize. If not, I am greatly offended and wonder why marginalizing my existence supports yours. Read Judith Butler as a comparison to this work.

Reviewer: DaDu47
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: How many genders are there?
Review: Anne Fausto-Sterling is the definitive expert in this field. Her writing is very comfortable and easily understood. I like the images she evokes with her written words.

Reviewer: Cole
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: GreatIt was greater than expected. I loved how informative it was. I cannot wait to reread this fascinating work again.
Review: It was greater than expected. I loved how informative it was. I cannot wait to reread this fascinating work again.

Reviewer: andrea
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: great thanks

Reviewer: 🐈
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This is a excellent book but the print is blindingly small. It is not at all comfortable to read. This was disappointing.

Reviewer: のん
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 良かった

Reviewer: Gerard Verroust
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Cet admirable travail courageux, solide, inattaquable, et passionnant est une référence incontournable sur un sujet de la plus haute importance qui aujourd'hui devient de la plus brûlante actualité. De plus il montre clairement comment l'idéologie dominante conduit à orienter, et plus à fausser les recherches scientifiques dans les domaines aux implications sociales et politiques. Cet ouvrage a fini par être traduit en français.

Reviewer: Bernhard
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Fausto-Sterling arbeitet das Thema Gender sehr weitgreifend und gut recherchiert auf. Obwohl recht wissenschaftlich ist es äußerst spannend. Ein großer Teil des Buches sind allerdings Vermerke und Quellen.