The egg and the sperm martin. Emily Martin (anthropologist) 2019-01-06
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DISCUSSION: āThe Egg and the Spermā
A agree that the structures of education you discussed do have an impact beyond the obvious. It is as if Wassarman were determined to make the egg the receiving partner. The egg is also passive, which means it must depend on sperm for rescue. Biology itself pro-vides another model that could be applied to the egg and the sperm. This wound perception is reinforced by the fact that, during menstruation, the woman bleeds and may suffer from pain and discomfort.
The author was effective in providing textual examples of the scientific language that wrongly represents the female role in the reproductive cycle. Furthermore, she notes that work by Paul Wassarman conducted on the sperm and eggs of mice singled out a particular molecule on the egg coat which binds the sperm. Questions: 1 Is the sperm really being more emphasized and favored? The institutions within society are agents of gender socialization. Martin points out that science is supporting the gender norm of women being less worthy than men in the way they describe the reproduction process. The fact that science uses metaphors that place sperm on the same level as humans and gives sperm a personality is disturbing to me. The townsfolk don't understand why Emily won't change, but in reality she cannot change. In 1974, she joined the faculty of ; she was the Mary Elizabeth Garrett Professor of Arts and Sciences there between 1981 and 1994.
The discourses and practices implemented throughout society have created these gender specific occupations. At first glance, his descriptions seem to fit the model of an egalitarian relationship. But our cultural views about who should get to reproduce makes this cartoon seem plausible instead of bad science. Take the egg and the sperm. Essentially, these are used to teach the members of society how and what exactly occurs during the fertilization of sexual intercourse. After reading this article, the reader would realize that Martin was writing this for a certain discourse community.
Language plays a large part, what is said to us and what we read influences us, and what we say to people is important as well. It really made me question whether or not the scientific language was a reflection of societal norms or are just coincidentally similar. The author keeps the audience engaged with foreshadowing and symbolism. I will say though, this could easily be hindsight bias on my part as I reflect back on the many textbook passages I have read about the topic. Martin uses two physical aspects of theā¦ 774 Words 4 Pages same thing.
The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male
This quote further supports gender inequality and stereotypes by depicting male sperm production as superior as it occurs for longer and in greater magnitude. The role in which women play in the cycle of life is depicted through science as far more passive function than that of the male. I personally think this argument is pointless and its nit picking on a subject that is pointless when their are so many other issues in this world that need to be resolved. These meanings are looked upon differently due to language, which she goes in depth about. This is where the digestive enzymes released by the sperm come in.
Females are faced with menopause around age 50 or sooner eggs are no longer released whereas men can have children as long as they are physically fit to have an erection and participate in intercourse. Some of her arguments felt like she was reaching a little bit and that she was looking a little too much into. Emily Martin remained as unbiased as possible in her writing. In the course of my research I realized that the picture of egg and sperm drawn in popular as well as scientific accounts of reproductive biology relies on stereotypes central to our cultural definitions of male and female. Does this make the male reproductive system superior as it can reproduce for longer period of time? However, I view her suggestion somewhat problematic. I whole heartedly agree with that.
I mean, science is a method, not a group of people. It just happens the way it happens, sperm swims to find the egg, which is just there waiting, big deal. She was just simply stuck in the old south. He reminisced about his life in the womb and before, when he was apparently a tiny pilot in a sperm-shaped aircraft. For many secondary and undergraduate students, the facts of the sciences, including biology, are taken at face-value in a lecture hall. Many of her poems are about her loneliness and isolation.
Response to Martinās āThe Egg and the Spermā
I would definitely consider myself a science person, and have very much enjoyed taking biology classes both in high school and now at Tufts as well. If social stereotypes have become so deeply embedded in our culture that they occupy the realm of natural science, can this impact be reversed? The female reproductive system could be seen as responding to the environment pregnancy or menopause , adjusting to monthly changes menstruation , and flexibly changing from reproductivity after puberty to nonreproductivity later in life. Emily encounters different complications as her father, and Colonel Satoris are deceased. When they were ready, they would haveā¦ 965 Words 4 Pages denaturalize these social constructions of gender. Further, as individuals internalize stereotypes, they begin to behave according to these misconceptions ultimately shaping how their bodies operate in space. After much research, scientists in biophysics labs at Johns Hopkins University determined that the propelling force of the sperm is very weak, and that only through the adhesive molecules on the egg and sperm do the two stick.
Therefore, I believe it is important to examine this, and question it, and think critically as to why that is. Martin explains that this metaphor of labor dehumanizes the experience. In contrast, sperm are seen as active. The author offers a solution to the problem to stop using metaphors that falsely associate personality, feelings, and emotions to cells but to instead use scientific, gender neutral and non-biased language p. Before this research it was thought that sperm were powerful penetrators capable of thrusting itself through the inner vestments of the egg.
