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    Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story

    Written by Angela Saini

    Narrated by Hannah Melbourn

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    What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew.

    For hundreds of years, it was common sense: Women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution, and for decades scientists - most of them male, of course - claimed to find evidence to support this.

    Whether looking at intelligence or emotion, cognition or behavior, science has continued to tell us that men and women are fundamentally different. Biologists claim that women are better suited to raising families or are, more gently, uniquely empathetic. Men, on the other hand, continue to be described as excelling at tasks that require logic, spatial reasoning, and motor skills. But a huge wave of research is now revealing an alternative version of what we thought we knew. The new woman revealed by this scientific data is as strong, strategic, and smart as anyone else.

    In Inferior, acclaimed science writer Angela Saini weaves together a fascinating - and sorely necessary - new science of women. As Saini takes listeners on a journey to uncover science's failure to understand women, she finds that we're still living with the legacy of an establishment that's just beginning to recover from centuries of entrenched exclusion and prejudice. Sexist assumptions are stubbornly persistent: even in recent years, researchers have insisted that women are choosy and monogamous while men are naturally promiscuous or that the way men's and women's brains are wired confirms long-discredited gender stereotypes.

    As Saini reveals, however, groundbreaking research is finally rediscovering women's bodies and minds. Inferior investigates the gender wars in biology, psychology, and anthropology and delves into cutting-edge scientific studies to uncover a fascinating new portrait of women's brains, bodies, and role in human evolution.

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    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 30, 2017
    ISBN9780807090466
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    Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
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    Angela Saini

    Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster.

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    • 4/5
      Saini's journalistic non-fiction book explores how science from roughly the Victorian era onward often approached the study of women as inferior to men and the more recent work that has explored the female sex and whether they really are all that different from men. I went into this book expecting to get angry at some scientists in the past (and I definitely did - stupid Charles Darwin) but I was also surprised at some of the more current theories coming out of some fields (the evolutionary biologist who recently theorized that menopause exists because men don't older women attractive made my brain explode). That said, there is also some fascinating work being done in fields as diverse as neurobiology and psychology where the debate on looking for gender differences is really a field worth continuing to explore. As Saini takes a journalistic approach, she does a fair job of balancing differing theories in fields like anthropology or evolutionary biology where a great deal of the work is extrapolations and hypotheses. And while Saini describes herself as a feminist in the introduction, she includes no judgments in her book on scientists she interviews whose viewpoints are likely to make the average feminist a little frustrated. A super interesting read regardless of your gender and whether or not you typically have an interest in science writing.
    • 3/5
      I received this book from the early reviewers and picked it up and put it down multiple times and I have to cut bait and post my review. I wanted to love this book as I am a huge supporter of women leaders in business, girls in science and believe that women have been subjugated in so many areas of our society to the detriment of our society and of our mothers, sisters, wives and children. This book is not an easy read and is written like an extended PHD thesis focused on research in too much detail to garner the nuggets w/out re-reading the text multiple times. A great book for college students but not the kind of book that points to action.
    • 2/5
      I received a copy of Angela Saini's "Inferior: How science got women wrong and the new research that's rewriting the story" through LT's Early Reviewers program. I'm not really sure why I put in for this one-- it's not my typical reading fare, which may be why I didn't particularly enjoy it.There are some good nuggets of information stuffed into this book but I just couldn't get away from the fact it felt like reading a textbook. If you enjoy reading scientific papers and going over the details of them, then you will really like this book. This one just wasn't for me.
    • 4/5
      Well, our culture sure hasn’t changed since Darwin. Even today researchers are trying to show that women should be wives and mothers, secure in their empathy and intuition while letting men do all work requiring intelligence. Angela Saini fights that image, though sometimes it's hard to tell. Inferior does a good job of showing how sexist and biased even today's scientific research is regarding sex and gender and cultural roles; however, in what I assume is an attempt to not be too biased herself, the author gives these sexist theories too much room (in my opinion.) Maybe it only seems that way because the chapters usually start with these types of studies and researchers then debunks them, but I got frustrated with it a couple of times. Beyond the book's layout mentioned above, my only real criticism is that how Saini discusses sex differences in a portion of chapter three makes me worried about that section being incredibly harmful to those on the LGBTQIA spectrum, especially people identifying as trans*. There's also a small part on page 144 where she lists hijabs, burkas, and the concept of tzniut as examples of religious female repression but doesn't mention Christian nun's habits, which bothers me because it's a common blind spot.Overall, this was a really interesting book that packed a lot of scientific research into a short, easily-read format. Women are not inferior. Women's brains are not inferior. Women aren't "designed" to be wives and mothers to the exclusion of all else. Some scientists are finally starting to wake up from the Victorian, Darwinian nonsense to see that. Saini does a good job giving the reader the necessary arguments when faced with the next misogynist.
    • 5/5
      Inferior, from Angela Saini, is a very accessible book that deals with the ways science has marginalized women in the past and even into the present. You can safely disregard any review that makes the claim that Saini is bashing either men or researchers who have arrived at questionable, at best, conclusions. In fact, her fair explanations of research is one of the book's strongest points.While there is plenty of literature available that addresses broadly the way that science, and by extension society, has both misinterpreted and misused science they largely serve a slightly different purpose and use a different methodology. Harding and Longino, for instance, are philosophers, so they approach the issues from a different perspective than a science writer. The works are all complementary and are all valuable for anyone interested in the field. The lack of mention of these writers is not, and should not be considered, a weakness of this work. To state otherwise is to conflate science with philosophy of science. They are closely related but not even remotely the same thing.Saini presents, in each chapter, research which has been used to suggest that women are, in some way, inferior or lacking. To her credit she presents these studies in a very fair manner and at times you may wonder if she is going to side with the conclusions that these researchers came to. Then she presents other research that finds substantially more evidence for a counter view and, quite often, brings to light the errors and biases inherent in the first studies. She also, when possible, interviews the scientists all along the spectrum of ideas and findings and offers them the opportunity to clarify or defend their initial findings.In sum, this work looks specifically at how studies, specific studies, can be used to support the idea that women are inferior then dissects those findings and those studies to show, scientifically (not philosophically), how the findings were influenced by the outdated idea that women are lacking in some way. She does not draw any lines in the sand with quacks on one side and good scientists on the other. Rather she shows how everything from study design, physiological assumptions and, of course, some degree of male entitlement can lead even the best scientists to draw faulty conclusions from questionable data.This is a very interesting read on many levels. The presentations of the various research studies were fascinating and the contextualizing within the larger picture of both science and science publishing (the types of research most likely to be published and noticed outside the science community) was eye-opening. I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in this field, especially those who want to confront the science with science and not just philosophy. By the way, I am a fan of the philosophy and area studies approach, I have certificates (there were no degree programs at the time at the universities I attended; yes, that means I'm old) in WGS at both undergrad and grad levels, so I am not slamming those approaches. But one can never have too many different types of information when confronting harmful stereotypes and beliefs.Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
    • 5/5
      I was actually surprised by how much I liked this one! A really interesting look at how women were historically "studied" for lack of a better word by scientists. Lots of great research and careful work done by Saini, a talented writer. A good read in terms of science, gender studies, and history.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed reading this book. I learned so much about current and past theories about the differences between men and women. I was shocked by how bias the science field was and continues to be about the female gender. I was inspired and in awe of the female scientists challenging and fighting this. This book was also a quick and enjoyable read. The author did an incredible job with the quotes she includes at the beginning of each chapter and imposing her own thoughts as well.
    • 4/5
      This is one of those books that needed to be written in order to explain the gaps in research as well as real life. There are differences between men and women that research has identified that don't actually exist, while at the same time missing some of the true differences. This is a study in bias as much (or more) as it is a study in gender differences. Science is a quest for truth, and while the truth may ultimately be revealed, our biases can mislead us down some dark alleys along that quest. What is interesting is how these biases manifest in different cultures and how much truth can be ignored by so many highly educated individuals. A very interesting read.
    • 4/5
      Saini shines a light on the complexity of objectivity in science regarding the differences between the sexes. Does the science reinforce stereotypes or are the stereotypes underpinning the science? Saini explores this question through a number of different investigations, from medicine to neuroscience to evolutionary biology. Her book often reads like an un-fun game of "pinpoint the bias." Is it in the mind of the scientist? Ingrained in the methods? Deep in the world of scientific publishing? Or, for some studies, maybe it isn't there at all, but the study's stereotypical results just leave a bad taste in the mouth. I am not leaving this book with answers, but I'm leaving it with a much more informed and critical opinion.
    • 4/5
      The author details the research that has been done on gender differences, and what it really means (spoiler: not much). She traces the history of gender research back to Charles Darwin and beyond, but spends most of her time in the 20th and 21st centuries, since there has been so much dealing with neuroscience and the biology of gender differences. She neither proclaims loudly that men and women are exactly the same (they're not) nor does she insist that the sexes are totally different in every way (with one coming out suspiciously on top for all the noise they make about "different but equally important spheres"). Reaching back into the hunter gatherer societies to get as close as she can to our evolutionary past, she details the vast differences within cultures, blasting to smithereens the suggestion that the currently touted 1950s style gender roles are universal. She doesn't try to overreach the evidence (even as calling out others who have done just that), but manages to demonstrate that the evidence simply doesn't support the hypotheses that most people are claiming it supports. Well written, lucid, and focused, my only complaint is that I think she could have given us a bit more; still, there are others out there (many quoted in this work) who are filling in those gaps with their own research. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      *I received this book through LibraryThing Early Reviewers.*For anyone interested in the science of gender differences, this is an excellent introduction. The author provides the historical background for several major branches of research and then brings the reader up-to-date with the latest research being conducted and published. A theme that emerges is often how much is up for debate by various scientists and how much is not yet known. Fascinating, important, engaging, and quick reading!
    • 4/5
      Lots of science, but the insights are thorough and fascinating. Saini does an impressive job of synthesizing a broad body of research with accuracy while maintaining a conversational tone. Her approach of sticking to the facts in the face of a subject that is particularly dichotomizing allows even the old research to speak with a new voice. I'm so glad I read this and I really enjoyed the audio narration.
    • 3/5
      Missing a bit a story line. I bought the book after reading Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine, and liked that one more after all.
    • 5/5
      I was expecting this to be a difficult, but desirable, book to read. Boy, was I (happily) wrong!Saini does, indeed, cover a lot of experiments and research, but in a very readable way. No large, technical terms, which bore me to tears! (I am a country girl at heart!) But, with much ease, Saini let's it be known, that women are no longer 'scientifically proven' to be inferior to the male scientific communities standards, but is every bit the equal, in every way! (Dare I say, at times, superior to the male intellect?)I found this book a pleasure to finally have the female counterparts of the world's leading males finally vilified!I give this book five starsand a great big thumbs up! You can purchase this book on Amazon.com. Hardcover is $16.50, paperback $16.25, ebook $16.99, and audiobook $17.95.
    • 4/5
      This is my book for the August Nonfiction Challenge as well as being an Early Reviewers book for me. I was curious about this as I had not read in this area more recently than Carol Tavris' classic The Mismeasure of Woman in 1993. It is even more topical in the wake of the Google engineer's comments on women in tech last week, which exemplifies the issues still faced using outdated assumptions and science. This was interesting and well-researched, clearly stated and organized and very important.
    • 3/5
      Very interesting and clearly strong scholarship. I was expecting a more casual read, but this digs deep into the science - there were several times I felt like it veered well into textbook territory. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but something to be aware of if you are looking for more of a narrative.
    • 3/5
      I love nonfiction that reads like fiction. I'm not a fan of textbooks however. I was hoping for the NTRLF, but this book felt more like a textbook. The information was solid. I simply like books that are a bit more energetic.
    • 5/5
      I expected this to be a one- sided feminist diatribe about all the ways women were NOT inferior to men. While that feeling may have laced the author's intentions (and probably mine too), Saini expertly presents evidence for each of the assertions she makes whether it's a clear topic or rather murky gray area. "Where the facts weren't clear, I wanted to highlight the debates around them." Ultimately, this was in fact what I wanted and the most scientific way of presenting all the theories Saini described in her book. Bravo to not falling into the traps of unadulterated bias!
    • 5/5
      Interesting and important. The segments discussing possible flaws in mathematical models analyzing evolutionary data and bonobo hierarchy were especially compelling.
    • 4/5
      Exasperating! Not referring to Saini's writing but the topic. Men have said women have less intelligence because their brain is smaller. Naturally it's smaller, so are our bodies, compared to males. In fact, as Saini points out, brain size doesn't indicate intelligence or a whale would be a genius. Researching any topic is cheaper when only one sex is scrutinized. Naturally, males are predominantly chosen, yet results are quite different for females and sometimes the male-only research has brought disastrous consequences such as with the drug thalidomide. Men have claimed that women are unsuited to science, math, engineering, etc., but women have been, and in some cases, still are, prevented from going to school and even when they are at school, prevented from learning these topics, never mind the unthinkable - consideration of a career. And more. I'd like to think new research is making a difference but the truth is it will take a long time for science to grow out of these entrenched attitudes and opinions while existing scientists are still around. "In this world, then, it may seem strange that we're laboring under the same old stereotypes that have been around for centuries, that we're taking so long to make sexual equality a reality when the power to do it is entirely in our own hands. The cloudy window of the past has so distorted how we see society that we find it hard to imagine it any other way. This is why science matters for every one of us. The job ahead for researchers is to keep cleaning the window until we see ourselves as we truly are, the way Ashley Montagu tried to do, and so many pioneering researchers have done and continue to do today."Note: In 1953, Ashley Montagu, a (male) anthropologist, published the revolutionary book The Natural Superiority of Women.
    • 4/5
      Women aren't good at math or science so that's why there are so few female mathematicians, scientists and Nobel Prize winners. Well, that's according to one scenario. Another is that few women have been educated in STEM subjects and fewer still are allowed to compete for prestigious positions that men tend to reserve for themselves. When women do excel their work is often ignored or a man takes the credit, thus reinforcing the perception that women are less competent.Scientists, who were usually male, tested men and women in various ways and found that women could not perform equally in many areas. It's also possible that the researchers didn't want to relinquish a pet theory. Even scientists can be subject to confirmation bias. Today more women are involved in anthropology, primatology, sociology, psychology and other specialties. Their work is producing new insights which contradict positions previously thought to be correct.Saini examines gender differences, or lack thereof, as found by various researchers. Boys are biologically at greater risk of dying from the moment they are born. Girls have better survival rates despite societies' frequent neglect. Another intriguing study revealed that while women's brains are smaller they have a 15 to 20 percent higher blood flow rate. Regardless of these findings, she states"[t]he vast majority of experiments and studies show no sex difference".Opposing viewpoints are not ignored. Saini quotes researchers who continue to assert, often in the face of strong evidence, that major differences exist between the genders. She includes criticism or differing interpretations from others in the field and discusses how these views affect further study and women's lives in general.This was written for the lay(wo)man. The text does not delve deeply into any particular area but provides a good overview of current understanding. Perhaps the best part of the book is the inclusion of many researchers who may be unfamiliar to the reader. There are no citations but References and an index are included. A few typos (small word insertions or deletions) did get past the editor.
    • 5/5
      I love science and history and truly enjoy it when they overlap in books such as Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story. As a feminist, I keep up with gender-based research and have for several decades. Disproving bad science that stated women's minds, bodies, and emotions were inferior to men's was a key element of my job when I worked with school systems to implement Title IX in the 70's. Title IX a.k.a "the law that will destroy boys sports" in football-crazy Ohio and basketball-obsessed Indiana where I did most of my work. Maybe those coaches and teachers were right. Look who took home most of the medals on the US team from the Rio Olympics. But Title IX was about so much more than sports--equal access for girls and women to all aspects of education. I knew about many of the studies described in this book, but it was still educational seeing them all pulled together and analysis of their techniques and possible biases hashed out. One of my favorite chapters dealt with brain science. Try as they might, neurologists and endocrinologists cannot find differences between the brains of males and females. There is far more variation within each sex than between them. Another favorite chapter was on women's sexuality which explored in depth the myth that women were naturally more modest, choosy, and had lower sex drives than men (only in those societies that demand it of women and punish the non-conformers). In all the chapters Saini comes to some conclusions based on the evidence, but her final chapter is ambiguous and (as a woman of a "certain age") my favorite of all--"The Old Women Who Wouldn't Die"--that looked at the evolution of women living after menopause. There are only a handful of species, including killer whales, where the females continue to live and thrive after their childbearing years are over. She discusses the "grandmother theory" which posits that a few long-lived females way back in the mists of time were able to contribute additional resources and important knowledge that favored their daughters and grandchildren. This set up a virtuous cycle that resulted in human females living well-past child bearing years. The opposite is the "rich old man" theory that said a few long-lived high status males had access to many females and passed on their long-life proclivity to their offspring including daughters. You can imagine which theory I favor, but there isn't enough evidence or ways of studying to come to any provable conclusion. We'll just have to live with all of us old broads continuing to positively contribute to society long past the time when we're "useful" as incubators.I found the book quite readable, but I like this kind of thing. Saini does a great job of putting the science in historical and social context. She is NOT "male bashing." Individual men who did poor science or let a male agenda color their conclusions, might feel pinched. But this is not a "women are better in every way" book. It shows how science was used to marginalize women, as the basis for laws and societal norms. By updating that science, Saini demolishes those arguments for keeping women from having equal access to all the advantages of modern life. She writes plainly and gives lots of background for the studies, so you don't have to read them yourself. This was an ARC and I missed the index which will be in the final version. Highly recommended for casual science geeks and people who like women. Misogynists and fundamentalists of all stripes should give it a pass. I learned long ago before the current post-fact fad, that people with biases can't be persuaded with facts. However, sometimes--just sometimes--they can be persuaded with stories and personal connections.
    • 4/5
      It has long been believed that men hold superiority over women in the areas of intelligence, strength, and other talents. Some scientific studies seem to support this belief. However, in this book Saini takes some of these studies and analyzes how they were set up and who set them up. It may come to no surprise that men led these studies and failed to set apart their inherent sexism. An example of this is the belief that men were more intelligent because they needed the smarts for hunting. Closer examination, however, of primitive cultures of hunter/gatherers proved that women contributed way more than men since gathering generally took all day, while tending children and other housekeeping chores. Women did all this work even when pregnant only pausing long enough to give birth.The articles were easy enough for a lay person to follow. I found it insightful and enlightening.
    • 3/5
      Saini proves her title wrong. Women are not inferior and she uses a collection of evidence to support her conclusion. As I was reading I often found myself mentally saying things like, yea women know that, of course women can do that, that ability has been proven over and over, etc. However, for women who agree with Saini just basing conclusions on gut feelings or maybe because a female friend conquered something a man has is insufficient. It is here the book stands apart. Carefully researched case studies have been used to present the argument that women are not in-fact inferior.A good read, and men you should all read this one, as should any women who feels we are the weaker sex and should allow men to subjugate us.
    • 4/5
      Great book. I didn't really like the narration. Still great book!
    • 5/5
      This is one of those books that I had to take a break after and read something slight and more positive. This goes to show that no matter what you think, bias will always creep into your research, whether it's what you include or what you exclude. Assumptions are also a trap for research.It maddened me to see that no matter what later researchers say sometimes, some, mainly male, researchers seem to be unable to let go of pet ideas and theories, no matter how many voices speak up against them.Then again, it was just as infuriating to read it during the pandemic where many people have issues realising what it means that science is not static but mutable.
    • 5/5
      An excellent update to books such as [The Mismeasure of Woman] and [Myths of Gender]. Well written, broadly researched, and lots of information from primatology and anthropology about how humans might have developed before culture overwhelmed biology as the controlling force for humanity.Would also be a great book to start with for anyone interested in “the battle of the sexes”, although it only alludes to some of the more toxic behaviors we’re seeing lately (incels, MRAs, etc.).
    • 5/5
      This well-researched work of nonfiction explores the topic of gender studies. From Charles Darwin to recent studies in neuroscience, this quick-read is effective in exploring both the science and the story behind the research (or in many cases the lack of studies). Of particular note are the many conclusions that have been drawn without evidence over the centuries. The author's knowledge of the subject combined with the conversational style makes for an excellent informational reading experience. ARC courtesy of Library Thing and the publisher.

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