Masculinity / femininity : basic perspectives

June M. Reinisch, Leonard A. Rosenblum, Stephanie A. Sanders

In this volume a group of internationally renowned authorities on sexual differentiation consider key questions from seven distinct but interrelated perspectives: psychobiologic, neuroscientific, evolutionary, behavior genetic, developmental, psychosocial, and cultural. Specific topics range from sex differences in the rodent brain to the psychological constructions of masculinity and femininity. The contributors' findings indicate that the characteristics of each gender are determined by a much more intricate interaction between biology and the environment than has been accepted in the past, and they relate these findings within a framework of critical issues in methodology and definition.