Readership: Readers of popular science and language titles; students of language and linguistics; anyone interested in language and gender studies.
Deborah Cameron, University of Oxford
"immensely readable" - Red Pepper Magazine
"a brilliant and timely book." - Katharine Viner, The Guardian
"I sensed early on in this delightfully spiky book that Deborah Cameron - an Oxford professor of language and communication - would give a first-class kros, and enjoy it, too." - Susannah Herbert, The Sunday Times
"Cameron, skilled at deflating the sweeping generalisations of others." - Susannah Herbert, The Sunday Times
"[A] vigorously argued book" - The Guardian
"Fascinating, insightful, comprehensive...you'll just have to read it for yourself." - www.thefword.org.uk
"short and enjoyable read" - Sarah Ensor, Socialist Review
1: Myths, and why they matter 2: A time and a place: putting myths in their cultural context 3: Partial truths: why difference is not the whole story 4: A world of difference? Mars and Venus in childhood and adolescence 5: Cross purposes: the myth of male-female misunderstanding 6: Back to nature:brains, genes, and evolution 7: Public speaking: Mars and Venus in politics and the workplace 8: Doing what comes culturally: identity and style 9: Beyond Mars and Venus Notes Index
Author Deborah Cameron introduces 'The Myth of Mars and Venus' in this 'Meet the Author' video