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Not just 'his' and 'hers': deep thoughts on gender

LA Johnson
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NPR

Think about some of the ways we describe gender in our society. Some terms have fallen by the wayside, like "man's man" and "ladies' man," but we still put a fair amount of stock into binary thinking on gender.

Should we? Are you as "manly" or "ladylike" as your contemporaries? Kathryn Bond Stockton broadens our horizons in a book in the MIT Essential Knowledge Series simple called Gender(s).

Body parts are not the only indicator of gender; we explore this and much more in our chat with the author.

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