Sex on the Brain

In this month’s issue of Popular Science, I wrote a (very) short column about “hardwired” sex differences in the human brain. My premise: There aren’t any meaningful differences, and the studies that go after them are usually riddled with faulty assumptions and methodological flaws.The idea of innate differences is cemented in our culture, as I discovered from the large number of hateful emails I received regarding the piece (far more than any other story I’ve written). Today on Twitter, neuroscientistKevin Mitchell launched a conversation about my column, which he found to be riddled with assumptions and flaws of its own. I don’t agree, but I have a great deal of respect for Kevin and found the discussion to be interesting enough to re-publish here.Read more at...Only Human, March 2014.