Why Men Don’t Iron: The New Reality of Gender Differences
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Anne Moir. Why Men Don’t Iron: The New Reality of Gender Differences
Why Men Don’t Iron. The New Reality of. Gender Differences. ANNE AND BILL MOIR
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Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE. He’s Not Part One, Part Another. The bisexual fallacy
CHAPTER TWO. Foodsex I. Perhaps he’s a rabbit
Men can lose weight by exercise alone
Men use more energy than women, even to breathe
Males need protein more than females
Brain neurotransmitters are affected by diet
Why men need iron
Lack of beef is directly and significantly correlated with the male lack of zinc and some vitamins
Male deficiencies, red meat and phytates
Men have a speedier gut transit time and greater stool weights than women
A large increase in male sperm tract abnormalities is linked to the increase in oestrogen-like substances, in both the environment and diet
CHAPTER THREE. Foodsex II. Where’s the beef?
‘GOOD’ VERSUS ‘BAD’ CHOLESTEROL
IS ‘HEALTHY’ FOOD HIGHER IN ALL FATS?
CHAPTER FOUR. Brainsex I. Bottom of the class
CHAPTER FIVE. Brainsex II. The malady of boyhood. THE MALE’S SLEEPY BRAIN
THE VULNERABLE MALE
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
SINGLE SEX SCHOOLS
CHAPTER SIX. Brainsex III. The neurological edge. THE RISK-TAKER
PLAYING TO WIN
CHAPTER SEVEN. Extremes Are Not Rules. Top and tail at work
MEN ARE DAMAGED BY THE WORKPLACE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER EIGHT. Painting Him Green. He resists her dream
There are men who are green
Feminists are the guiding green light
THE DIVIDED GARDEN
FARMYARD MANURE
THE WORLD IN DANGER
A world problem is identified
The main cause of the problem is identified
The solutions are generated
The most promising solution unfolds
ALTERNATIVE SCIENCE
CHAPTER NINE. Sex. His drive and her drive
THE SCIENCE OF SEX
SNIFFING OUT LOVE
WHAT DO MEN WANT?
PORNOGRAPHY
LEADING HIM ON
UNSAFE SEX
LIVING TOGETHER
She wants him to be like her
He does not want her to be like him
CHAPTER TEN. The Real New Man. Home truths
THE NEW MAN SHOULD TAKE ON AN EQUAL SHARE IN PARENTING
THE NEW MAN SHOULD DO HIS FULL SHARE OF HOUSEWORK
THE NEW MAN SHOULD BE IN TOUCH WITH HIS EMOTIONS
He can be annoyingly dismissive of emotional considerations
He is too frequently cold
He needs space (even in company)
He is good at feigning emotions
THE NEW MAN IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD A PARENT AS A MOTHER
THE AGE OF THE UNSEXED
References
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Publisher
Отрывок из книги
To Bernard Cornwell
Title Page
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The new orthodoxy claims that there is no distinctive male mind – nor, indeed, a distinctive female mind. The old demarcation between him and her has been replaced with a muddling whirl of complex and shifting social assumptions.11 A reverence for equity in all things has dulled the critical faculties. ‘You can’t generalize about people.’ ‘You mustn’t stereotype people.’ ‘All generalizations are misleading [except, of course, this one].’ ‘We are all different’ [a safely vacuous remark to which is often added] ‘but not that different’ – which is to collapse meaning. Such claims are good ways to paper over cracks; but they hardly lead to understanding.
But suppose this postmodern ideal is wrong. Not morally wrong, but scientifically wrong. Suppose, perish the thought, that there are lines, not drawn by society but etched by blind, uncontrollable nature. Lines as ineradicable as the leopard’s spots. Lines drawn by biological forces.
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