The Constraints of Desire - John J. Winkler: The Constraints of Desire: the Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece. (The New Ancient World.) Pp. x + 269; frontispiece. New York and London: Routledge, 1990. Paper, £9.95.

1991 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 424-426
Author(s):  
Gillian Clark
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
And Gender

Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex Differences, but Were Afraid to Be Perceived as Politically Incorrect: Brain Gender, by M. Hines. 2004. New York: Oxford University Press. 307 pp., $49.50.

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1026-1027
Author(s):  
Jeannette McGlone
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Oxford University Press

Hines finds it impossible to make distinctions between the terms “sex” and “gender,” hence their refreshing, non-political interchangeability in her new book. After examining hormonal and brain-based data, Hines concludes that science cannot yet inform us which differences are determined biologically, socially, and/or both.

The Constraints of Desire: Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece

1991 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 507
Author(s):  
Ann Steiner ◽  
John J. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
And Gender
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