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This document summarizes and critiques the influential claims made by Thomas Laqueur and Londa Schiebinger regarding the "invention" of anatomical differences between the sexes in the 18th century. The author argues that ample evidence from 16th century physicians shows they recognized unique skeletal and genital features of females, not just a "one-sex model" of inferiority. While agreeing differences helped justify female subordination, the author argues this shift emerged from 16th century views on disco

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