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Chapters (46)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. BEING WEIRD
  5. Weird
  6. Todd, Part I
  7. The Realization
  8. Daniel, Part I
  9. Julia, Part I
  10. Beverly, Part I
  11. Jess, Part I
  12. The Exclusion
  13. Jess, Part II
  14. Emma, Part I
  15. Asma, Part I
  16. The Sting
  17. Emma, Part II
  18. Vivienne, Part I
  19. Alex, Part I
  20. THE WEIRD ADVANTAGE
  21. Creativity
  22. Truth
  23. Alex, Part II
  24. Julia, Part II
  25. HOW TO BE DIFFERENT
  26. Getting Support
  27. Julia, Part III
  28. Comfort with Discomfort
  29. Beverly, Part II
  30. Asma, Part II
  31. Better Than the Rest
  32. The Big Picture
  33. Daniel, Part II
  34. Deana, Part I
  35. Vivienne, Part II
  36. Emma, Part III
  37. Change Yourself
  38. Todd, Part II
  39. TO STAY DIFFERENT, OR TO FIND YOUR OWN KIND?
  40. Staying
  41. Leaving
  42. In Between
  43. Deana, Part II
  44. Acknowledgments
  45. Discover More
  46. Notes

“to the Boston Sunday Globe”: Toussaint, “This Woman’s One-piece Bathing Suit Got Her Arrested in 1907.”

“factories are disappearing”: Miller, C. C., “Why Men Don’t Want the Jobs Done Mostly by Women,” New York Times, January 4, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/upshot/why-men-dont-want-the-jobs-done-mostly-by-women.html.

“New York Times in 2017”: Miller, “Why Men Don’t Want the Jobs Done Mostly by Women.”

“shaving their genitals”: Chur-Hansen, A., “Preferences for Female and Male Nurses: the Role of Age, Gender and Previous Experience—Year 2000 Compared with 1984,” Journal of Advanced Nursing 37, no. 2 (January 2002): 192–98.

“A 2002 sociological study”: Sargent, P., “Under the Glass: Conversations with Men in Early Childhood Education,” Young Children 57, no. 6 (November 2002).

“just over 2 percent”: Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employed Persons by Detailed Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity,” 2018, https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm.

“top NASCAR series”: Hembree, M., “For Most Female Racecar Drivers, Breaking Through Asphalt Ceiling Proves Elusive,” USA Today, May 15, 2018, https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2018/05/15/women-auto-racing-danica-patrick-nascar-indycar-nhra/528855002/.

“One journalist, Bob Pockrass”: Pockrass, B., “Furniture Row Racing’s Demise Highlights NASCAR’s Competitive Problems,” ESPN, September 4, 2018, http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/24578901/nascar-cup-series-end-furniture-row-racing-bad-nascar.

“Julia and Danica Patrick”: Associated Press, “Danica 2.0? NASCAR Searching for More Female Drivers,” February 13, 2018, https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2018/02/13/danica-2-0-nascar-searching-for-more-female-drivers/110386844/.

“that study concluded”: Jacobs, T., “And the Oscar Goes to…an American,” Pacific Standard, February 6, 2017, https://psmag.com/news/and-the-oscar-goes-to-an-american, and Steffens, N. K., Haslam, S. A., Ryan, M. K., & Millard, K., “Genius Begins at Home: Shared Social Identity Enhances the Recognition of Creative Performance,” British Journal of Psychology 108, no. 4 (February 2017): 721–36.

“friendships and romantic relationships”: Hutson, M., “You’re Just Like Me!” Atlantic, January/February 2015, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/youre-just-like-me/383502/.

“emotions, attention, and reasoning”: Parkinson, C., Kleinbaum, A. M., & Wheatley, T., “Similar Neural Responses Predict Friendship,” Nature Communications 9 (2018).

“hundreds of different variables”: Bahns, A. J., Crandall, C. S., Gillath, O., & Preacher, K. J., “Similarity in Relationships as Niche Construction: Choice, Stability, and Influence Within Dyads in a Free Choice Environment,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 112, no. 2 (February 2017): 329–55.

“acknowledged in a news release”: University of Kansas, “Study Finds Our Desire for ‘Like-Minded Others’ Is Hard-Wired,” February 23, 2016, https://news.ku.edu/2016/02/19/new-study-finds-our-desire-minded-others-hard-wired-controls-friend-and-partner.

“even mentioned arms control”: Shipler, D., “Summit Aftermath: In the Private Talks, Humor and a Deep Disagreement,” New York Times, December 12, 1987, https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/12/world/summit-aftermath-in-the-private-talks-humor-and-a-deep-disagreement.html.

“report several years ago”: Kliger, S., “Russian-Jewish Immigrants in the U.S.: Social Portrait, Challenges, and AJC Involvement,” accessed in 2015, http://www.ajcrussian.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=chLMK3PKLsF&b=7718799&ct=11713359.

“fines and jail time”: Article 19, “Russia: Federal Laws Introducing Ban of Propaganda of Non-traditional Sexual Relationships,” 2013, https://www.article19.org/data/files/medialibrary/37129/13-06-27-russia-LA.pdf.

“considered homosexuality acceptable”: Pew Research Center, “The Global Divide on Homosexuality,” June 4, 2013, http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/.

“Russians attend church regularly”: Pew Research Center, “Russians Return to Religion, but Not to Church,” February 10, 2014, http://www.pewforum.org/2014/02/10/russians-return-to-religion-but-not-to-church/.