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A Mind of Her Own by Anne Campbell (Oxford University Press, 2002) £21.99
Explains the author's theory of why women engage in aggressive and risky behaviour far less than men do.
The Lifetime Love and Sex Quiz Book by Dr Pepper Schwartz (Hyperion, 2002) £8.99
Do you fight fair? Should you stay, or go? Are you a flirt? These are just some of the topics covered in this quiz collection compiled by the relationship guru. The quizes help readers analyse their feelings and actions objectively and improve their relationships.
Y: The descent of men by Steve Jones (Little Brown, 2001) £14.99
Since Darwin's day, humans have been displaced from their place just below the angels in the grand scheme of life. And now to further our descent, within the human genome, the male Y chromosome has been described as 'the most decayed, redundant and parasitic of the lot'. Furthermore, man himself may become redundant, for his sperm can be grown in animal testes, and in mice at least an egg can be fertilised with a body cell from another female.
Male, Female: The evolution of human sex differences by David C Geary (APA, 1998) £29.99
Reveals how one of our most fundamental goals in life — survival through reproduction — is key to understanding such differences as preferred attributes in mates; level of investment in parenting; the evolution and development of the mind; and even rates of violence, mental disorders, academic abilities and occupational interests and achievement.
Odd Girl Out: The hidden culture of aggression in girls by Rachel Simmons (Harcourt, 2002) £14.99
Looks at the indirect aggression that runs through the lives of girls. Without the cultural consent to express their anger or to resolve their conflicts, girls express their aggression in covert but often deeply damaging ways.
Sexing the Body: Gender politics and the construction of sexuality by Anne Fausto Sterling (Basic Books, 2000) £19.99
This study of gender and sexuality goes beyond the nature/nurture debate and the author argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex is shaped by the culture in which scientific knowledge is produced.
Teach Yourself Genetics by Morton Jenkins (Teach Yourself, 1998) £7.99
An extremely readable introduction to genetics for the layperson, exploring issues such as genetic inheritance, the ethics of genetic engineering, eugenics and the Human Genome Project.
Gender Gap: The biology of male-female differences by Professor David Barash and Dr Judith Lipton (Transition Publishing, 2001) £16.99
This husband and wife team argue that fundamental differences between the sexes derive from biology and explain the evolutionary aspects of these differences.
Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health: Does sex matter? by The Institute of Medicine (National Academy Press, 2001) £32.99
Discusses basic biochemical differences in the cells of males and females and health variability between the sexes from conception throughout life.
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The Y chromosome: goldmine and junkyard
www.nature.com/nsu/010215/010215-5.html
Looks at the decay of the male Y chromosome.
BBC News — Why Men Behave Badly
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/709072.stm
Article that looks at the controversial theory of Dr Sebastian Kramer, one of the contributors to the Channel 4 Battle of the Sexes programme. He argues that baby boys need more attention than girls and if they do not get it they may develop behavioural problems later in life. This is based on the fact that brain development is slightly slower in boys.
Why Y? The Y chromosome in the study of human evolution, migration and prehistory
www.ucl.ac.uk/tcga/ScienceSpectra-pages/SciSpect-14-98.html
Gives a basic history of the sex genes through human evolution.
Sexual Evolution from X to Y
www.hhmi.org/lectures/2001/lecture4.htm
Part of a series of holiday lectures, Dr David Page explains that the Y chromosome didn't always exist. In fact, both the X and the Y derive from what was once a perfectly normal pair of chromosomes that had nothing to do with sex.
Fathers Pass Infertility to Sons
www.hhmi.org/news/page.html
New research shows that sons conceived with the aid of the popular in vitro fertilisation technique can inherit the same genetic defects that rendered their fathers infertile.
About Gender
www.gender.org.uk/about/index.htm#gene
Looks at gender roles, gender variance and gender identity.
Sex, Sexual Orientation and Sex Hormones Influence Human Cognitive Function
www.sfu.ca/~dkimura/articles/sex.htm
Superior performance by women on tasks requiring object location memory has challenged the traditional view that men excel on all spatial tasks. There is also increasing evidence that early exposure to sex hormones has lasting effects on problem-solving behaviour.
Channel 4 Health Site
www.channel4.com/health/
Has a section on sex and relationships, with sex tips for girls and online advisers in the Just Ask section.
Relationships
www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/relation/sexpert/index.html
Information and advice from relationship experts including the American Dr Pepper Schwartz.