PHIL 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Domino Theory, Thesis Statement, Orgasm
27 Jan 2017
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Both papers claim that social assumptions skew scientific data and conclusions; bad social effects, but also bad for science. Menstruation and ovulation are construed as a passive and wasteful action, and yet they celebrate the mass production of sperm, which could be seen as wasteful too. Explanation of reproduction relies on male/female stereotypes; egg/sperm analogies. Fertilization; egg described as passive while the sperm is very active and journeying- persistent describing of female anatomy/cells as acted upon (like beauvoir!!!) Scientific issues: blinds us to what really is going on; eggs do play a role, but it also fails to describe it differently even when explaining how eggs interact. Sperm actually tries to move away from the egg, but the egg adheres and holds the sperm, yet the characterization failed to change in the metaphors. New science is compromised when it is interpreted with old metaphors; limits our concrete way of understanding the world (similar to sterling"s 5 sexes)
