Being an avid reader of these types of topics, I'm about halfway through,
and forcing myself to span the rest. I think your term "collage" is right;
her writing style really does irk me. Its just a huge dump of anecdotes
related to sex/brain without a thesis or argument. When there is argument,
the dialectic is that of her thinking there is some biological basis for
expressed gender characteristics, but no -- don't get her wrong -- she
doesn't feel we are robots, but there is something, but she's a feminist ...
Even though some hate Sagan, I found Broca's Brain a much more compelling
and cogent exposition on the brain. And maybe I've been spoiled by Richard
Dawkin's who really set the bar of science writing amazingly high. But then
again, I recently completely "Gender Trouble" which irked me for a different
reason: overly academic and completely lacking any sense of biological
influence. (Also, the only text beyond RDF that uses "reify" <smile>).
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