becauseofthiswoman: Name: Anne Fausto-SterlingDates: 1944-present Why she rocks:  She is a professor of biology and gender studies at Brown University, and has written extensively on the fields of biology of gender, sexual identity, gender identity and gender roles. Through her research, she discovered not just two, but five sexes.Quotes: “To understand difference we must not partition its causes.”Because of this woman… doors have been opened to explore biology of gender, and it is proven that gender is not binary.

becauseofthiswoman:

Name: Anne Fausto-Sterling
Dates: 1944-present

Why she rocks:  She is a professor of biology and gender studies at Brown University, and has written extensively on the fields of biology of gender, sexual identity, gender identity and gender roles. Through her research, she discovered not just two, but five sexes.

Quotes: “To understand difference we must not partition its causes.”

Because of this woman… doors have been opened to explore biology of gender, and it is proven that gender is not binary.