"A pertinent study of legal, political, and cultural assumptions about a hot-button topicA bold foray into messy terrain." Kirkus Reviews "Civil rights for women matter and to get these right you cant ignore biology. This is a seminal bookthe science, the law, the politics all explained so clearly. The extremes on the right and the left are dictating the narrative, but Doriane Coleman shows theres a reasonable way for the rest of us through all the noise."
Edwin Moses, two-time Olympic gold medalist and chair emeritus of the United States Anti-Doping Agency "Sex begins at conception. We dont construct it, it constructs us, from the cellular level to our complete, integrated systemsour physical forms and physiology. Were poised to reap immeasurable benefits from ongoing work in research of sex differences but only if, as Doriane Coleman argues, we can continue to be sex smart not sex blind. The common sense here is just that; the information that should help form policy."
Virginia M. Miller, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Surgery and Physiology and former director of the Womens Health Research Center at the Mayo Clinic "This book is a formidable challenge to our politics, on both the right and the left. Whether you agree with her or not, if youre interested in equality, Doriane Coleman presents a serious blueprint for common ground on matters of sex and gender. Informed by science, law, and personal experience, she brings compassion and intelligence to one of our most difficult cultural collisions."
Guy-Uriel Charles, Harvard Law School professor and director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice "Male and female bodies are fundamentally different, and many clinical conditions impact females differently than males. Conflating sex and gender is disastrous to advancing healthcare for women and to their opportunities for success from athletic fields to board rooms. In this essential book, Doriane Coleman shows that a just society celebrates gender diversity without denying science."
Mary I. OConnor, MD, Olympian, Professor Emerita of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic and co-author of Taking Care of You: The Empowered Womans Guide to Better Health "Whatever your politics, you need to read this book. Doriane Coleman lays out the what, the why, and the how of our culture wars over sex and gender. She knows that most women want to be free from sex discrimination, not to be liberated from sex itselfand that ignoring this will mean that, again, we get the short end of the stick. Lets instead adopt her commonsense approach to living together respectfully!"
Martina Navratilova, 18-time grand slam singles champion and civil rights advocate
