“Goodbye, beliefs in sex differences disguised as evolutionary facts. Welcome the dragon slayer: Cordelia Fine wittily but meticulously lays bare the irrational arguments that we use to justify gender politics.”―Uta Frith, emeritus professor of cognitive development, University College London

Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in human development. According to this overly familiar story, differences between the sexes are shaped by past evolutionary pressures?women are more cautious and parenting-focused, while men seek status to attract more mates. In each succeeding generation, sex hormones and male and female brains are thought to continue to reinforce these unbreachable distinctions, making for entrenched inequalities in modern society.

In Testosterone Rex, psychologist Cordelia Fine wittily explains why past and present sex roles are only serving suggestions for the future, revealing a much more dynamic situation through an entertaining and well-documented exploration of the latest research that draws on evolutionary science, psychology, neuroscience, endocrinology, and philosophy. She uses stories from daily life, scientific research, and common sense to break through the din of cultural assumptions. Testosterone, for instance, is not the potent hormonal essence of masculinity; the presumed, built-in preferences of each sex, from toys to financial risk taking, are turned on their heads.

Moving beyond the old “nature versus nurture” debates, Testosterone Rex disproves ingrained myths and calls for a more equal society based on both sexes’ full, human potential.

[澳]科迪莉亞·法恩（作者）

牛津大學實驗心理學學士、劍橋大學犯罪心理學碩士、倫敦大學學院心理學博士（認知神經科學研究所），現為澳大利亞墨爾本大學教授，被《泰晤士報》贊賞為“擁有高度幽默感的認知神經科學傢”。2017年憑《荷爾濛戰爭》，榮獲第30屆英國皇傢學會科學圖書奬。其著作相繼售齣14國版權。

萬垚（譯者）

大學英語講師，專業級翻譯，曾齣任重慶市官方涉外商業項目交替傳譯。