Debra Soh

Debra W. Soh holds a Ph.D. in sexual neuroscience research from York University and writes about the science and politics of sex. Follow her at @DrDebraSoh.

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How the Nonbinary Trend Hurts Those with Real Gender Dysphoria

Some nonbinary people will say that they don’t like labels such as “gay” or “lesbian” because they are binary terms; attraction to a man or a woman, even in the context of being gay, is still considered attraction to a binary gender.

Debra Soh

19 Sep 2020 · 6 min read

PODCAST 112: Sex Neuroscientist Debra Soh on Her New Book, The End of Gender

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to scientist and author Dr Debra Soh about the misinformation being peddled to young people about biological sex and transition—and the most humane ways to help people who experience gender dysphoria. Debra has just published The End of Gender.

Quillette / Jonathan Kay / Debra Soh

19 Sep 2020 · 1 min read

The Boy Scouts' Bankruptcy, and the Scourge of Childhood Sex Abuse

During my many years as an academic, roughly half my time was devoted to research and clinical work with convicted sex offenders, many of whom had sexually abused children. The experience was harrowing. And my decision to eventually shift research areas accompanied the realization that I had numbed myself emotionally

Debra Soh

13 Mar 2020 · 5 min read

Intersectionalism Is Nonsense. But the Backlash Against It Is Very Real

The theory of intersectionality, now widely embraced by self-described feminist activists, maintains that non-whites, women, and LGBT individuals face systemic oppression whose scope increases according to the number of minority statuses a person holds.

Debra Soh

30 Jul 2019 · 5 min read

Sex, Love, and Knowing the Difference

There are biological reasons that explain why the experience of being in love feels so overwhelming.

Debra Soh

3 May 2019 · 6 min read

Science Denial Won’t End Sexism

We can acknowledge that male and female brains have differences in structure and function, on average, without subscribing to the belief that one sex is better than the other.

Debra Soh

11 Mar 2019 · 6 min read

The Unspoken Homophobia Propelling the Transgender Movement in Children

Nowadays, every left-leaning parent and educator seems content to take a child’s word at face value if they say they were born in the wrong body, not realizing that by doing so, an important conversation is being brushed aside.

Debra Soh

23 Oct 2018 · 6 min read

Who Will the Evergreen Mob Target Next?

An Evergreen professor of biology, Bret Weinstein, wrote an email in which he expressed opposition to the idea that self-segregation was a useful exercise.

Debra Soh

20 Apr 2018 · 6 min read

The Google Memo: Four Scientists Respond

Psychological differences make equal outcomes impossible. Equality or diversity. You can’t have both.

Lee Jussim / Geoffrey Miller / David P Schmitt / Debra Soh

7 Aug 2017 · 14 min read