Looked up author. Discovered he is a doctor of laparoscopy, which has bugger-all to do with psychology or neurology. That he's an idiot was apparent as soon as I read his thesis which relies heavily on oversimplified, stereotypical, pop-psy brain lateralization memes straight out of books you might find in that feminist bookstore from the Portlandia skit.
It’s been years since I read it, and looking at it now, I see that it wouldn’t stand up to another reading. I do think writing was indeed as socially influential as he claims, and that patriarchal religion could be one of its social effects. But the bit about “rewiring the brain” is obvious crap.
