A review by heidirgreen
Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation by Simon LeVay
2.0
I’m a methodologist, and I spent the entire book questioning the validity of every study included here. This is very biology focussed and misses a tonne of really important social research that I think would give a new dimension to the arguments presented.
Warning: The author seems to have some severe internalised biphobia, constantly conflates gender and sex (they are NOT the same thing), and uses super outdated language around gender and sexuality.
Not the worst book, but I wouldn’t recommend to anyone that isn’t going to explore the literature around sexuality more widely.
Warning: The author seems to have some severe internalised biphobia, constantly conflates gender and sex (they are NOT the same thing), and uses super outdated language around gender and sexuality.
Not the worst book, but I wouldn’t recommend to anyone that isn’t going to explore the literature around sexuality more widely.