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Female and male hands (above and below respectively). Drawing after H. Fuseli, c. 1793.

A female brain, sectioned vertically: side view. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

The bases of three skulls: a new born infant's, a misogynist's, and a man suffering from satyriasis. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

A male brain, sectioned vertically. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Skulls of male and female Capuchin monkeys, with vertical sections. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after C.P. Mazer, ca 1835.

The female body and the law / Zillah R. Eisenstein.

Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality / Anne Fausto-Sterling.

Brain gender / Melissa Hines.

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The female body and the law / Zillah R. Eisenstein.

Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality / Anne Fausto-Sterling.

Brain gender / Melissa Hines.

A male brain, sectioned vertically. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

A female brain, sectioned vertically: side view. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.