Susan Pinker, Psychologist and Journalist

Susan in the News

The Glasgow Herald, August 19, 2008
The allure of the dark side
By Rosemary Goring

The Guardian, August 3, 2008
Depressed, repressed, objectified: are men
the new women?

By Elizabeth Day

The Sunday Times, July 20, 2008
Working women no longer want to be men
By Shane Watson

The New York Times, Science, July 15, 2008
A New Frontier for Title IX: Science
By John Tierney

The London Times, June 27, 2008
Want equal pay? Give up men and children
By Melanie McDonagh

The Times Higher Education, June 26, 2008
Where X does not equal Y
By Helen Haste

The Gazette, June 09, 2008
The volunteer who visits you is probably a woman -
and here's why

Financial Post, May 31, 2008
Opting in: The obstacles women face getting back on
the career track

Las Vegas Sun, May 27, 2008
Man, woman, nurse, engineer

Dr Laura, May 19, 2008
The Sexual Paradox

The Boston Globe, May 18, 2008
The freedom to say 'no'

TES, May 09, 2008
Equality: could we incubate it?

The London Times, May 08, 2008
The glass ceiling in women's heads

The Financial Times, April 28, 2008
The Sexual Paradox

De Volkskrant, April 26, 2008
Hij wil geld, zij gelukkig zijn

Daily Mail, April 22, 2008
Why women don't want top jobs, by a feminist

Daily Telegraph, April 20, 2008
Op Ed on Hormones and Investing

Ottawa Citizen, April 20, 2008
We hate to admit it, but girls and boys
may be made of different stuff

The Economist, April 17, 2008
Vanilla is not the only flavour

Aberdeen Press and Journal, April 14, 2008
What women want

Washington Post, April 13, 2008
Women's Work

Evening Standard, April 4, 2008
The Sexual Paradox, by Susan Pinker

Metro.co.uk, April 2, 2008
A firm grip on success

Die Weltwoche, March 2008
Warum Frauen keine Karriere machen

The New York Post, March 30, 2008
Women's liberation - equality means choosing
the job your really want

Telegraph, March 28, 2008
Gender gap: most girls just want to have fun

KVTA, Ventura, CA, March 25, 2008
Is biology the cause of the Glass Ceiling for Women

NBC Today Show, March 24 2008
Why women earn less, men are fragile and more (text)
Video of the interview
(wmv file)

Rocky Mountain News, March 21, 2008
The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women,
and the Real Gender Gap

Fast Forward Weekly, March 20, 2008
Taboo topics

BBC radio - Night Waves, March 20, 2008
Susan Pinker's The Sexual Parodox

BBC radio - Start the Week, March 17, 2008
Susan is interviewed by Andrew Marr on
Britain's Start the Week
(mp3, 19 megs)

The Globe and Mail, March 10, 2008
Hardwired for different careers

Le Devoir, March 10, 2008
L'Entrevue - Respecter les choix des femmes

The Ottawa Citizen, Sunday, March 09, 2008
The real gender gap

The International Herald Tribune, March 7, 2008
Getting to the heart of the gender divide

The Globe & Mail, March 8, 2008
Learning to love the gender gap

News Talk 1010, CFRS toronto, March 06, 2008
The Sexual Paradox

The Toronto Star, March 05, 2008
Biological Paradox

The Globe and Mail, March 04, 2008
Women at work (online discussion)

CTV.ca, March 04, 2008
Susan Pinker, author of 'The Sexual Paradox' speaks
to Canada AM about gender inequity in the workplace.

(video)

Sounds like Canada, March 03, 2008
Susan Pinker grew up believing women could
- and would - do any job men could. Now she wonders...
why should they want to...?
(video)

The National Post, March 03, 2008
Uncovering the science of the sexes

Oprah Magazine, March 2008
At Work: The Female Advantage (PDF, 1 meg)

The Globe and Mail, February 29, 2008
Legal Dropouts

La Stampa, February 27, 2008
Mysteries: The Difference Between the Sexes (PDF, 1.4 meg)

The Sunday Times, UK, February 17, 2008
How attitudes to boys with ADD are changing

The Sunday Times, UK, February 10, 2008
Are girls wired not to win?

Chatelaine, March 2008
The Wage Gap (PDF, 3 megs)

Quill & Quire, February 2008
Courting controversy (PDF, 2.3 megs)

Quill & Quire, October 16, 2007
Manguel, Pinker, Sudan memoir hot at Frankfurt (PDF, 50kb)

Quill & Quire, October 12, 2007
Canadians get a strong start at Frankfurt (PDF, 50kb)

The Westmount Times, October 5, 2007
Pinker's controversial book (PDF, 766kb)

 

Selected links

Commentary and Blogosphere

The Guardian, April 23, 2008
Sidelines

Bizwomen, March 24, 2008
Susan Pinker’s controversial look at the gender gap

Chicago Tribune, April 19, 2008
A literary glass ceiling

The Guardian, March 19, 2008
Positively counter-productive
David Cox

She Does the City on Facebook, March 12, 2008
The Sexual Paradox by Susan Pinker

Monsters and Critics, March 9, 2008
The Sexual Paradox: women vs. men

Janus' Musings, March 7, 2008
Books - The Sexual Paradox

thestar.com, March 05, 2008
Biological Paradox: Men hardwired to be extreme

ichannel book club, March 2008
ichannel's Top 10

Full Comment, March 04, 2008
Barbara Kay on men and women, Risk and Brijit

The Guardian, UK, February 13, 2008
How Women Work

 

Book Reviews

See the Book page for the book reviews

 

Bestseller's Lists

Maclean's Bestseller list

April 17, 2008
April 11, 2008
April 4, 2008
March 28, 2008

March 21 2008
March 14, 2008

The Montreal Gazette Bestseller List

May 03 , 2008
April 26, 2008
April 19, 2008
April 12, 2008
March 22, 2008
March 15, 2008
March 8, 2008