"For decades, scientists would have us believe that women’s and men’s brains are hardwired differently. But reviewing the scientific literature, Prof. Daphna Joel, a neuroscientist at Tel Aviv University, wasn’t convinced. What she found in those studies sent her on a wild inquiry into the human brain, resulting in her groundbreaking discovery that contrary to the prevailing neuromyth, the human brain is neither “male” nor “female”.
Joel discovered in her own research, after meticulously analyzing the structure of hundreds of human brains, that the brain is a mosaic of both male-typical and female-typical features. Similarly, her findings revealed that each individual possesses a unique mix of both feminine and masculine psychological traits – what Joel aptly termed the “Gender Mosaic”. The brain and gender mosaic defies the mainstream binary understanding of gender, and invites us to celebrate instead the variability and diversity of the human mind.
Wishing to help people self-educate on issues like gender diversity and inclusion, Joel constructed the Gender Mosaic Questionnaire, an interactive resource for understanding your own, and other people’s gender. A crash course on the influence culture has in shaping our conceptions of femininity and masculinity, the Gender Mosaic Questionnaire is a roadmap to living your most authentic life, outside the constraints of gender stereotypes.” (The Gender Mosaic)
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