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The demand and need for maternity disability and parenting policies have increased enormously in the United States. Addressing key public policy issues, this work serves as a useful resource for those who are considering laws to establish parental leave and legislation on child care provision.

For years, both psychologists and the general public have been fascinated with the notion that there are gender differences in cognitive abilities; even now, flashy cover stories exploiting this idea dominate major news magazines, while research focuses on differences in verbal, mathematical, spatial, and scientific abilities across gender. This new volume in the Counterpoints series not only summarizes and addresses the validity (or invalidity) of such research, but also questions its ideology and consequences. Why do we search so intently for these differences? And what are the social and...