ANTHRO 128B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Pseudohermaphroditism, Ovotestis, Spermatogenesis
22 Jun 2018
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01/12: The Egg ad the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a
Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles
oThe theory of the human body is always part of a fantasy
oFemale biological processes implicated by history to be less worthy than their male
counterparts - women are less worthy than men
oEgg and sperm: a scientific fairy tale
Female: monthly cycle described as being designed to produce eggs/prepare
suitable place for them to be fertilized/grow
Menstruation must necessarily be viewed as a failure (regarded as
"debris" of uterine lining - result of necrosis/death of tissue)
Male: physiology evaluated quite differently
Spermatogenesis = "remarkable"
Females "shed" while men "produce"
Spermatogenesis is basically ovulation but ovulation does not garner similar
positive response
Oogenesis seen as wasteful whereas male's vast production of sperm is not
"Waste" implies excess
Egg - "corona"
Implicates that egg is queen to sperm (king)
01/12: The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough
oLevi Suydam: 23 year old - wanted to validate right to vote as Whig
Menstruated regularly/had vaginal opening
Narrow shoulders/broad hips/occasional yearning for women
Good doctor = declared prospective voter male
oIntersex: catch-all term for three major subgroups with some mixture of male/female
characteristics
Hermaphrodites (herms): one testis and one ovary
Grow seperately but bilaterally in some, in others they grow together
within the same organ (ovo-testis)
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Document Summary
01/12: the egg ad the sperm: how science has constructed a. Romance based on stereotypical male-female roles o o. The theory of the human body is always part of a fantasy. Female biological processes implicated by history to be less worthy than their male counterparts - women are less worthy than men o. Female: monthly cycle described as being designed to produce eggs/prepare suitable place for them to be fertilized/grow. Menstruation must necessarily be viewed as a failure (regarded as. debris of uterine lining - result of necrosis/death of tissue) Spermatogenesis is basically ovulation but ovulation does not garner similar positive response. Oogenesis seen as wasteful whereas male"s vast production of sperm is not. Implicates that egg is queen to sperm (king) 01/12: the five sexes: why male and female are not enough o. Levi suydam: 23 year old - wanted to validate right to vote as whig. Good doctor = declared prospective voter male o.
