Customer Review: This is a fantastic book! It's easy to read, insightful, and incredibly thought provoking. As a teacher and as a man (not that this is a requirement), I whole-heartedly recommend this book to all those interested in society and our schools' reflection of it. It's a great contribution. Thank you.
Customer Review: I read the 1981 edition of the 1980 book. With 448 pages the book appears to be exhaustive. However, subtract the bibliography etc. and the 67 p appendixes of quoted and/or translated historic documents and we are left with 338 pages. These in turn have to get halved, because of the extensive... more info
Customer Review: Most surveys of sexual variations seen in the historical context fail to take into account that sexuality has been defined and categorized differently in almost every era and culture. In western cultures, the current sexual categories became defined somewhere between the Civil War and world War I.... more info
Customer Review: Kate Bornstein's writing is a pleasure to read! My Gender Workbook is a great way to start looking at nonstandard genders if you're used to thinking in strictly binary terms. While there's room in her viewpoint for girly girls and manly men, there's definitely a bit of bias towards transsexual and... more info
Customer Review: For a brilliant denunciation of the ridiculous academic jargon that this book is written in, see the Times Literary Supplement for December 7 2007 (page 32). More and more it is clear that the 'Women's and Gender Studies' departments of universities are simply collections of individuals undergoing... more info
Customer Review: Interesting how "scientists" can prove anything they want. State a hypothesis, then go about collecting information, categorizing it to suit your purpose, then use it as "proof" of your claim. The reason this book is dismissed by virtually every true biological scientist isn't because of "homophobic... more info
Customer Review: I have always loved Pierre et Gilles, and this book is a wonderful retrospective of their work over the last 30 years. They are bequiling, daring, provocative, and all about love. A wonderful addition to any coffee table or bookshelf.