TESTOSTERONE REX: MYTHS OF SEX, SCIENCE, AND SOCIETY
Book ID/图书代码： 08140016B94926
English Summary/英文概要： Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in human development. According to this overly familiar story, differences between the sexes are shaped by past evolutionary pressures?women are more cautious and parenting-focused, while men seek status to attract more mates. In each succeeding generation, sex hormones and male and female brains are thought to continue to reinforce these unbreachable distinctions, making for entrenched inequalities in modern society.
In Testosterone Rex, psychologist Cordelia Fine wittily explains why past and present sex roles are only serving suggestions for the future, revealing a much more dynamic situation through an entertaining and well-documented exploration of the latest research that draws on evolutionary science, psychology, neuroscience, endocrinology, and philosophy. She uses stories from daily life, scientific research, and common sense to break through the din of cultural assumptions. Testosterone, for instance, is not the potent hormonal essence of masculinity; the presumed, built-in preferences of each sex, from toys to financial risk taking, are turned on their heads.
Moving beyond the old “nature versus nurture” debates, Testosterone Rex disproves ingrained myths and calls for a more equal society based on both sexes’ full, human potential.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 很多人相信，生物学的性是人类得以发展最为本质的力量。由此，很多人推断两性之间的区别其实是过去多年来进化过程给我们带来的压力所致。女性更小心，更关注家庭育儿，男性追逐权利地位，因为这样可以吸引到更多交配的对象。随着每一代人的延续，性的荷尔蒙以及男性、女性的思维都会更加强化，造成更巨大的两性区别，也进一步导致现代社会的各种不平等。
在本书中，心理学家Cordelia Fine很聪明地解释了为什么无论在过去或者在当下，性别仅为未来作参考，由此以幽默而专业的笔触揭示了一个更为多元的世界，涉及到了包括进化论科学、心理学、神经科学、内分泌学和哲学等多个学科的最新研究。她引用了日常生活、科学研究以及理智思维中的种种事例，来破除文化假设中的种种悖论。比如，睾丸素并不是带来男性特质的荷尔蒙，原本以为小到玩具大到金融风险的喜好都是为两性预设好的，但其实并非如此。
本书已经超越了“天生还是后天培养”的讨论，认为只有对两性和人类的潜能有更深入的认识才有可能创造一个更加平等的社会。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：本书极为罕见地将科学、有力的分析以及自然的幽默糅合在一起，让阅读过程及其享受，而且还是很有价值的研究资料。下一次如有有人再跟我说是进化论让男人变得有竞争力而女人不然、女人更喜欢养育孩子而男人更喜欢赛车和经营、或者男人天生荒淫女人天生扭捏之类的，我就准备拿出我写满笔记的这本书，引用其中的科学道理，告诉他们是他们自己想错了。（Sharon Begley，著有《Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain》）
书中满是智慧的结晶，你一定会很想将这些话划出来大声朗读。本书愉快地揭穿了很多有关男女本性的谜团。Cordelia Fine并不反科学，也没有忽略进化论，但她展现了生物学是如何拓展了我们身上的可能性，而不是限制它们。（Marlene Zuk，著有《Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live》）
“Testosterone Rex is that rare combination of revelatory science, trenchant analysis, and understated humor that makes it not only a pleasure to read but an invaluable resource. The next time someone solemnly explains to me why evolution has caused men to be competitive and women not, women to prefer childrearing and men to race cars and run corporations, men to be promiscuous and women coy, I plan to whip out my well-marked copy of T. Rex and cite the science that says they’re wrong.” (Sharon Begley, author of Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain)
“Full of witty gems you’ll want to underline and read aloud, Testosterone Rex gleefully debunks myths about the nature of masculinity and femininity. Without denying science or ignoring evolution, Cordelia Fine shows how biology, far from limiting our possibilities, extends them.” (Marlene Zuk, author of Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live)
“Exciting, eloquent, and effective. Deftly weaving together research from anthropology, biology, neuroscience, and psychology, Fine shows exactly why and how the myth of testosterone and maleness plays out and why it is false. This book is not politically correct; it is good science.” (Agustín Fuentes, professor of anthropology, University of Notre Dame)
“Goodbye beliefs in sex differences disguised as evolutionary facts. Welcome the dragon slayer: Cordelia Fine wittily but meticulously lays bare the irrational arguments that we use to justify gender politics.” (Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, University College, London)
“There aren’t many psychologists out there writing books that make me laugh out loud and want to stay up late reading, but Cordelia Fine does the trick. With Testosterone Rex, Fine brings her signature irreverence and meticulous research to such old chestnuts as the obvious evolutionary benefits of promiscuity for males, women’s natural risk aversion (note: childbirth is about twenty times more likely to be fatal than is skydiving), and of course the idea that testosterone caused the Great Crash of 2008. Read this book because it’s fun, but also because it’s a great antidote to lazy thinking and entrenched sexism.” (Rebecca M. Jordan-Young, author of Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Difference)
About the Author/作者介绍： Cordelia Fine（生于1975年）是澳大利亚Macquarie大学机构、价值观和道德研究中心的研究员，也是澳大利亚墨尔本大学心理科学系的荣誉研究员。她此前还出版过《A Mind of Its Own’》并受到评论界的好评，也因此被Metro评为值得关注的科学作家。
Cordelia Fine (born 1975) is a Research Associate at the Center for Agency, Values and Ethics at Macquarie University, Australia, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of. Melbourne, Autsralia. Her previous book, ’A Mind of Its Own’ was hugely acclaimed and she was called ’a science writer to watch’ by Metro.
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