For generations, we've been taught that women and men differ in profound and important ways. Women are more sensitive and emotional, whereas men are more aggressive and sexual, because this or that region in the brains of women is smaller or larger than in men, or because they have more or less of this or that hormone. This story seems to provide us with a neat biological explanation for much of what we encounter in day-to-day life. But is it true? According to neuroscientist Daphna Joel, it's not. And in Gender Mosaic, she sets forth a bold and compelling argument that debunks the notion of female and male brains.

Part I: sex and the brain. My awakening ; A history of twisted facts ; As the differences pile up ; Nature vs. nurture -- Part II: the human mosaic. Brains in flux ; Not by sex alone ; Mosaic of the human brain ; Now you see it, now you don't ; In anticipation of a blind date ; Brain "types," common and rare ; Men and women under stress ; The human health mosaic ; Mosaic of the mind -- Part III: what's wrong with gender. From the binary to a mosaic ; Gender illusions ; Binary brainwashing -- Part IV: toward a world without gender. How to deal with gender myths ; Gender blending ; Gender-free education ; Ungendering our children ; Gender awareness ; Taking action ; Vision