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...force other than science motivates those who deny that men and women differ at a level deeper than the epidermis. Human fetuses develop, grow, and differentiate into boys and girls with distinct physical traits, from reproductive characteristics, to build and facial structure—and, yes, to brain function. Male and female brains are irrefutably different: in developing fetuses, higher levels of testosterone promote not only the maturation of male genitalia but also the “masculinization” of the brain, resulting in sexually-dimorphic cerebral structures that are designed to excel in certain tasks...
Because you see, the other night, I saw "Unknown White Male," the remarkably incisive documentary debut by British director Rupert Murray concerning his friend Doug Bruce who suffers total amnesia on Coney Island. And his amnesia is "total" in every sense of the word. While he retains most of his so-called semantic memory (his knowledge of language and places), he can’t remember his job, home address, birth name, family members, or any aspect of his past life...
Murray, who also edited "Unknown White Male," is a stunningly graceful cinematographer and storyteller, letting Bruce’s tale unfold organically rather than imposing an outsider’s take on someone with no memories...
...delineated into four discrete categories: biological sex, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. First comes the “full monty,” so to speak— physical genitalia. One’s “biological sex” is determined by the existance of male, female, or ambiguous (in the case of intersex individuals) genitalia. But the equipment granted at birth does not determine one’s personality. “Transgender” is a term reserved for those who identify strongly with the lives, feelings, and (socially perceived) behaviors typical...
...Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, who has questioned the acceptance of a genderless society, Leatherman said that men are very different and that “masculinity is a positive thing.” “Left alone, there will be a lot more male engineers and a lot more female homemakers, because that’s what they’re more comfortable at, and more biologically wired to do,” he added. Leatherman represented the National Coalition of Free Men, an organization which “looks at the ways sex discrimination...