Just Like a Woman: How Gender Science Is Redefining What Makes Us Female - Softcover

"A sensitive exploration...thoughtful and eloquent."
--Time

"Hales resolutely eschews politics of all kinds....[She] focuses upon the implications of recent scientific research for our understanding of women and the ways they differ from men."
--The Washington Post Book World

"An overview of recent gender-specific research that is redefining womanhood...[and] challenges the long-held scientific notion that woman is abnormal and inferior [to man] in body and therefore in mind and spirit."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Clearly explains how women are different from men in important ways and eloquently describes why these differences matter so much. Highly recommended!"
--Dean Ornish, M.D.

Shattering numerous stereotypes about women, this book uses biology, anthropology, physiology, neuroscience, and medicine to explore the true nature of gender difference. Reprint.