Simon Baron-Cohen Quotes

#1. the hope is that laying out what we understand about essential differences in the minds of men and women may lead to grater acceptance and respect of difference.

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#2. The female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy. The male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems.

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#3. Stereotyping reduces individuals to an average, whereas science recognizes that many people fall outside the average range for their group.

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#4. Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to children whose parents use authoritarian methods and punishment.

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#5. Empathy cannot by definition oppress anyone.

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#6. What worries me is that the debate about gender differences still seems to polarize nature vs. nurture, with some in the social sciences and humanities wanting to assert that biology plays no role at all, apparently unaware of the scientific evidence to the contrary

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