ABSTRACT
The investigation of sex differences in the brain is a thriving area of research. Researchers working in this area claim that such research is necessary and important, and follows a long period in which the study of sex differences was either ignored or viewed as politically incorrect. Feminist scholars of neuroscience are less sanguine about this research, pointing to both historical and contemporary examples of neuroscience research on sex differences that both draws on and reinforces sexist beliefs. This chapter aims to show where and how contemporary neuroscience research is characterized by what Cordelia Fine calls “neurosexism.” I identify several distinct facets of neurosexism and show how the majority of them still manifest in both scientific and public discourse.
