Gender Shock

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Summary: help to intergrate all aspects of being a human BEING!
Review: For so many years,I was struggling with therapists who were terrified to find that I didn't fit the "typical" female mode of thinking,romantic,sexually passive,emotional,defused in thinking, the typical light headed female who couldn't do math or read maps.Also they were dismayed to learn that as a child I played sports with boys,climbed trees,bruzed my knee,got in fights, played with trucks,swords and toy gun and turned out to be a completely heterosexual woman,,,what do ya know!

This book blasts Mars and Venus out of the water and all gender bias books and exposes them for what they are...AN AGENDA!

Rating:
Summary: help to intergrate all aspects of being a human BEING!
Review: For so many years,I was struggling with therapists who were terrified to find that I didn't fit the "typical" female mode of thinking,romantic,sexually passive,emotional,defused in thinking, the typical light headed female who couldn't do math or read maps.Also they were dismayed to learn that as a child I played sports with boys,climbed trees,bruzed my knee,got in fights, played with trucks,swords and toy gun and turned out to be a completely heterosexual woman,,,what do ya know!

This book blasts Mars and Venus out of the water and all gender bias books and exposes them for what they are...AN AGENDA!

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Summary: This book changed our lives
Review: This book helped us to celebrate our "gender independent" son (a term that Phyllis Burke coins, that I love). Before we read this book, we supported our son's differentness, but we never celebrated it. This book helped our family to truly appreciate what a gift we have in our child.

Rating:
Summary: Great Insight
Review: This book was an excellent read. Not only did Phyllis Burke entertain, but she also informed me of something I had previously been unaware of: "Gender Identity Disorder"

The book gives great detail of the stereotypes and myths surrounding gender in the US and other countries. It offers a view on several case studies and individuals diagnosed as having GID.

Rating:
Summary: Great Insight
Review: This book was an excellent read. Not only did Phyllis Burke entertain, but she also informed me of something I had previously been unaware of: "Gender Identity Disorder"

The book gives great detail of the stereotypes and myths surrounding gender in the US and other countries. It offers a view on several case studies and individuals diagnosed as having GID.

Rating:
Summary: This book changed our lives
Review: This is a fabulous book that describes the painful and disturbing things that are done to people, especially children, to try to fit them within the social stereotypes of male and female. It is very powerful, and (re)challenged me to value to person way above the box.