Title: Alarming Reductionism
Product review: In sociology, there is a term that fits this book to a tee: reductionism. The author, in near-fascist glee at times, tries to convince us that "boys will be boys" by virtue of their biology, and that we should just accept that they are different, even superior, to their female counterparts.I found it hard not to close this book time and time again with the blatant misogynistic overtones, but I'm afraid I had to read it till the end to believe he was serious -- he is.Many of the studies he cites in the book have been challenged by behavioral psychologists, and sociologists all along have pointed out that you cannot reduce issues of social causation to a mish-mash of biological excuses. Non-biological social factors contribute much more significantly to boys' behavior than Mr. Gurian would like us to believe.
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