Perhaps no question sparks more controversy than whether children assume sex roles as a result of their biology or the socialization they’re exposed to.  The answer, of course, is probably not an “either/or” but a “with” – some combination of the socialization we receive interacts with our natural biology (itself a knot of complicated and

Marianne J. Legato, MD, PhD (hon.c.), FACP GENDER AND THE GENOME Volume 1, Number 3 The world we are living in seems to be in an unprecedented state of perpetual crisis: nations are changing leadership and direction; a new level of life-threatening bellicosity saturates the daily news. The planet itself seems to be in a

One of the most unexpected and valuable benefits of thinking so deeply and meticulously regarding the nature of women's biology, surprisingly, has been a new view of how to investigate the unique biology of men

Personalized Medicine and the Icarus Project: Ethical and Moral Issues in Sending Humans into Space The irresistible urge of humans to expand their current competence in mastering the environment is nowhere more apparent than the attempt to conquer space and colonize other worlds. The promise of an expanded universe for earth’s life forms is irresistible.

we’ve just learned that women hear and process what they hear better than men do. But the ease with which women understand language extends to producing it as well.  Women find verbal communication easier and have richer vocabularies than men. 

We’ve discussed the greater ease with which women interpret non-verbal cues, so it won’t come as a surprise that women use more of them to communicate as well.  Women tend to use facial expressions, verbal rhythm and tone, and physical gestures to convey information and emotion.