KINE 1000 Chapter Notes -Gerald Schatten, Male Reproductive System, Ejaculation
5 Jan 2014
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Biological processes: egg and sperm: a scientific fairly tale uterine lining, death of tissue. Menstruation is viewed as a failure medical texts describe it as debris of. The egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereoypuical. By emily martin: representations of sperm and egg depend on cultural definitions of male and female. The stereotypes imply that female biological processes are less worthy and male. Male reproductive physiology is seen as powerful. Normal human male produces several hundred million sperm per day . In comparing the 2 systems, it is seen that the female sheds only a single gamete each month whereas the male produces several hundred sperm/day. Since birth, females don"t produce more germ lines (whatever they start off with at birth is all that they have and they shed overtime). Albeit, men continue to produce throughout their lives.
