WS100 Lecture 4: Week 4 Lecture 1.docx
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Week 4 lecture 1 oct. 2nd, 2013. Men and women are not binary opposites: gender exists on a continuum. Baby x and baby storm: shows that we rely on gender roles, baby storm. Rather, there are shades of difference fausto sterling (pg126: we all begin as female then change along the way. Scientific baggage: are scientific assertions about sex and gender neutral, science is influenced by preexisting cultural biases. This impacts what is studied, how studies are conducted, and the interpretation of results: science is influenced by external forces, such as the pharmaceutical industry, governments, etc, examples from ch. 12 the women in the body a cultural analysis of reproduction. Beliefs about gender roles shape the way menstruation is portrayed in medical texts.
