![]() ![]() Even the drug discovery is seriously biased towards the males. In this chapter what amazes you is that percentage of male samples that are taken for gender neutral research vis-a-vis female samples. It moves on to say that the biological risk is against the boy. Like – Females get sicker but males die quicker. Second chapter onwards is an exploration of various popular theories. Next myth Angela Saini explores is ‘Women belong to the private sphere of home and men belong to public sphere’. There is a belief that during evolution, males developed far more than females. ![]() ![]() Remember the theory that women have a smaller brain. For a long time, scientist community believed that there is a scientific basis for this belief. The first part of the book is devoted to exploring the basis of popular myth among scientists and probably the public – Women are inferior intellectually. ![]()
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