SOCI 70 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Microvillus, Male Reproductive System, Spermatogenesis
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The characteristics of the powerful are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless and logic has nothing to do with it. Example: if men could menstruate and women could not it would become an enviable, boastworthy, masculine event. Right wing politicians would use it as an excuse to discriminate against women in societal positions; menstruation cited as proof of manliness, aggressiveness, cleansing of impurities. Male intellectuals would argue women cannot master mathematics without the in built gift for measuring the cycles of the moon and planets. The power of justifications could go on forever if we let them. Justifications and characteristics of the powerful are only as effective as we allow it to be (week 2) the egg and the sperm. Many negative connotations associated with the female cycle. Menstruation viewed as a failure, system has gone awry, making products of no use.
