Gender differences are natural, but our society has developed biases and taboos relying on the anatomy of women and men.
Indeed, sexism and misogynism exist because women’s body seems to be weaker and less intelligent than men’s.
But even science that supports these arguments is not without bias about women’s skills and abilities.
Sex differences may be natural, but gender differences have their source in culture.
Ann Oakley
However, gender differences are only in the imagination of men.
Thankfully, new brain science research shows that the female brain is not different from any other human organ.
Therefore, the myth that women are less intelligent than men because of their smaller brains is without scientific evidence.
Stereotypes could be straitjackening our flexible, plastic brains. So, yes, challenging them does matter.
Gina Rippon
Dr. Gina Rippon is exploring the new cutting-edge neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain in her book ‘The Gendered Brain‘.
So this book unpacks the stereotypes that bombard us from our earliest moments and shows how these messages mould our ideas of ourselves and even shape our brains.
Hence, in this episode, we are exploring brain neuroscience and the bias that is affecting our minds.
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