Research Catalog

Title

The truth about girls and boys : challenging toxic stereotypes about our children / Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett.

Author

Rivers, Caryl.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Barnett, Rosalind C.

Description

227 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Child development
• Child psychology
• Sex differences (Psychology) in children
• Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Brains in pink and blue? -- More pink and blue -- Math wars -- Word play -- Toy choice -- The more aggressive sex? -- Caring -- The ideal classroom -- Single-sex education, pros and cons -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9780231151627 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0231151624 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780231525305 (ebook)
• 0231525303 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2011021228