Gender and the Science of Difference

Jill A. Fisher is on the faculty of the Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society at Vanderbilt University. She is author of Medical Research for Hire: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials (Rutgers University Press).

• Gendering science : contextualizing historical and contemporary pursuits of difference / Jill A. FisherSex differences are not hardwired / Lesley J. RogersLooking for difference? Methodology is in the eye of the beholder / Bonnie B. Spanier and Jessica D. HorowitzEvaluating threat, solving mazes, and having the blues : gender differences in brain-imaging studies / Claudia WassmannTelling the rat what to do : laboratory animals, science, and gender / Lynda BirkeWhy do voles fall in love? Sexual dimorphism in monogamy gene research / Angela Willey and Sara GiordanoWhat made those penguins gay? Gender and sexuality politics in the zoo / K. Smilla Ebeling and Bonnie B. SpanierIntersex treatment and the promise of trauma / Iain MorlandThe western "lesbian" agenda and the appropriation of non-western transmasculine people / Sel J. HwahngFacial feminization and the theory of facial sex difference : the medical transformation of elective intervention to necessary repair / Heather Laine TalleyThe proportions of fat in genetics of obesity research / Shirlene BadgerMaking male sexuality : hybrid medical knowledge and erectile dysfunction in Mexico / Emily Wentzell

"This refreshing volume comes at a critical time, lending clarity and intelligence to current issues of gender and biological determinism." - Susan Lindee (University of Pennsylvania) "The anthology addresses how contemporary scientific and medical claims about the differences between men and women produce gendered institutions that reflect social and cultural values. An excellent volume that will interest scholars in gender studies, science studies, and the sociology of medicine. Highly recommended."(Choice)