Physical differences between human females and males

Female and male hands (above and below respectively). Drawing after H. Fuseli, c. 1793.

A female brain, sectioned vertically: side view. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

The bases of three skulls: a new born infant's, a misogynist's, and a man suffering from satyriasis. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

A male brain, sectioned vertically. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Skulls of male and female Capuchin monkeys, with vertical sections. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after C.P. Mazer, ca 1835.

xi, 594 pages : black and white billustrations ; 23 cm

Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality / Anne Fausto-Sterling.

Brain gender / Melissa Hines.

1 photomechanical reproduction : half-tone

xx, 267 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Exploring the biological contributions to human health : does sex matter? / Committee on Understanding the Biology of Sex and Gender Differences ; Theresa M. Wizemann and Mary-Lou Pardue, editors.

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Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality / Anne Fausto-Sterling.

Brain gender / Melissa Hines.

A male brain, sectioned vertically. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

A female brain, sectioned vertically: side view. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Exploring the biological contributions to human health : does sex matter? / Committee on Understanding the Biology of Sex and Gender Differences ; Theresa M. Wizemann and Mary-Lou Pardue, editors.

Sex differences

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Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality / Anne Fausto-Sterling.

Brain gender / Melissa Hines.

A male brain, sectioned vertically. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

A female brain, sectioned vertically: side view. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Exploring the biological contributions to human health : does sex matter? / Committee on Understanding the Biology of Sex and Gender Differences ; Theresa M. Wizemann and Mary-Lou Pardue, editors.

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