WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZEWhat the judges said:
'Every man and woman should read this book on gender bias ... an important yet wickedly witty
book.' 'Fine's entertaining and thoughtful book is a valuable addition to the discussion about
gender.' Ian Critchley Sunday Times 'In addition to being hopeful Fine is also angry. We
should all be angry. Testosterone Rex is a debunking rumble that ought to inspire a roar.'
Guardian'A densely packed spirited book with an unusual combination of academic rigour and
readability ... The expression essential reading for everyone is usually untrue as well as a
cliché but if there were a book deserving of that description this might just be it.' Antonia
Macaro Financial TimesTestosterone Rex is the powerful myth that squashes hopes of sex
equality by telling us that men and women have evolved different natures. Fixed in an ancestral
past that rewarded competitive men and caring women these differences are supposedly
re-created in each generation by sex hormones and male and female brains.Testosterone so we're
told is the very essence of masculinity and biological sex is a fundamental force in our
development. Not so says psychologist Cordelia Fine who shows with wit and panache that sex
doesn't create male and female natures. Instead sex hormones culture and evolution work
together in ways that make past and present gender dynamics only a serving suggestion for the
future - not a recipe.Testosterone Rex brings together evolutionary science psychology
neuroscience and social history to move beyond old 'nature versus nurture' debates and to
explain why it's time to unmake the tyrannical myth of Testosterone Rex.For fans of Fine -
whose Delusions of Gender 'could have far-reaching consequences as significant as The Female
Eunuch' (Viv Groskop Guardian) - and thousands of new readers this is an upbeat timely and
important contribution to the debate about gender in society.
