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by
Anne
Fausto-Sterling
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CONTENTS
Preface
I
1x
Acknowledomenrs
I
XI
I
Dueling
Dualisms
I
1
2
"
That
Sexe
Which Prevaileth"
I
30
3
O
f Gender and Genitals:
The Use and Abuse
of
the
Modern
Intersexual
Should
There Be Only
Two
Sexes?
Sexing
the Brain:
How Biologists Make
a
Difference
I
45
4
I
78
I
1•
~
6
Sex
Glands,
Hormones,
and Gender
Chemistry
Do
Sex
Horm
ones
Really Exist?
(Gender
Becomes
Chemical)
I
The
Rodent
's Tale
I
146
7
1
70
8
I
1
9
s
I
233
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Gender
System s:
Toward
a
Theory
of
Human
Sexuality
'"'
Co
nrenr
s
Nous
I
lSJ
Biblioaraphy
I
Index
I
HI
38
1
preface
x
y
In my previous book,
Myths of Gender: Biological Theories About Women and Men
(Basic Books,
),
I exhorted scholars to examine the personal and political
components of their scholarly viewpoints. Individual scientists are inclined to
believe one or another claim about biology based in part on scientific evidence
and in part on whether the claim confirms some aspect of life that seems per-
sonally familiar. As someone who has lived part of her life as an unabashed
heterosexual, part as an unabashed lesbian, and part in transition, I am cer-
tainly open to theories of sexuality that allow for flexibility and the develop-
ment of new behavior patterns, even in adulthood. I do not find it surprising,
however, that someone who has always felt either heterosexual or homosexual
might be more open to theories that posit a biologically determined sexuality
that unfolds as one grows into adulthood.
Regardless of one’s personal leanings, anyone who wants to make a general
argument beyond his or her limited knowledge must gather evidence and put
it together in a way that makes sense to others. I hope I have done that well
enough to convince readers of the need for theories that allow for a good deal
of human variation and that integrate the analytical powers of the biological
and the social into the systematic analysis of human development.
For a book written for a general audience, this volume has an unusually
large notes and bibliography section. That is because, in essence, I have writ-
ten two books in one: a narrative accessible to a general audience and a schol-
arly work intended to advance discussion and arguments within academic cir-
cles. At times the scholarly discussion can become arcane or devolve into side
issues that deflect attention from the main narrative. Furthermore, academics
often demand detailed evidence in the form of quotes from original sources
or detailed accounts of a particular experiment. One of the ways I have used
the notes is to carry on the scholarly discussions without distracting the gen-
eral reader. Although one need not do so to follow my general argument, I

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