This must be the first popular attempt in decades to prove that the sexes are inherently unequal. According to the authors of Brain Sex, the male and female brains are differently structured because of the pre-natal activity of genes and hormones, and these produce 'the real difference' between men and women. The traditional view of the genders is thus a valid reflection of nature, and all the liberationist adjustments in nurture since the Sixties have done nothing to change matters. 'To maintain that [men and women] are the same in aptitude, skill or behaviour is to build a society based on a biological and scientific lie.'

LRB 25 January 1990 | PDF Download