ENGL 1128 Lecture Notes - Pre-Medical, Gender Role, Close Reading
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The egg and the sperm : academic article, signs: journal of women in culture and society (1991, cause and effect and further effects. Cause: gender stereotypes inform scientific description of reproductive processes: male as the active and strong, female more passive and immobile, biology test are mirroring stereotypes. Effect: the stereotypes imply that female biological processes are less worthy than their male counterparts and thus encourage a view women are less worthy than men . Further effect: the way we view those reproductive processes affects social attitudes and political decisions (364: plot introduction. Egg and sperm: a scientific fairy tale. Wider (implications: egg and sperm: a scientific fairy tale. Stereotypical language implies value: waste vs. Schatten and schatten: sperm and egg are mutually active partners (359) But sperm still seen as more active: social implications. The models that biologists use to describe their data can have important social effects (363)
