Same Difference: How Gender Myths are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children and Our Jobs

From respected academics like Carol Gilligan to pop-psych gurus like John Gray, and even the controversial Harvard President Larry Summers, the message has long been the same: Men and women are fundamentally different, and trying to bridge the gender gap can only lead to grief. Generations have bought into the idea that women are uniquely primed to be relational, men innately driven toward achievement - even when these truths are contradicted by what’s happening in our daily lives. But as The New York Times Book Review raved, Barnett and Rivers debunk these theories in a no-nonsense way, offering a refreshingly direct (i.e. unashamedly judgmental) critique of traditional parental roles, tut-tutting at the couples they interviewed who cling to stereotyped ideas of the family.