Peeling Away Theories on Gender and the Brain

A British import called The Dangerous Book for Boys has soared on American bestseller lists. Is it a new beacon for real boyhood—or a throwback to 1950s-style ideas of sex roles, "dangerous" in a different way than its title suggests?

As the Orange prizewinner is announced, Joanna Kavenna asks why men remain reluctant to read fiction by women

Davidson romps through the eighteenth century ...Her vast command of its literature and history... is put to use in demonstrating that politeness and manners served hypocritical aims, principally the subjugation of servants and women...