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Anne Innis Dagg

Anne Innis Dagg is a biologist teaching at the University of Waterloo and author of “Love of Shopping” Is Not a Gene: Problems with Darwinian Psychology (Black Rose Books, 2005).

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Anne Innis Dagg

Do Genetics Really Tell The Tale?

Boys who underachieve do well. Girls who do well underachieve. Why? June 2008
This is an interesting but odd book, with an awkward title that reflects its inner dissonance. It has two main themes that are little related except for their presumed genetic basis. Actually, it documents a number of paradoxes: That female brains have a more balanced structure leading to stability than do male brains, yet males rule the…