emily martin: “the egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical...
Post on 19-Dec-2015
217 views
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Emily martin: “the egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles”](https://reader031.vdocuments.mx/reader031/viewer/2022032800/56649d2c5503460f94a02afa/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
emily martin:“the egg and the sperm:
how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles”
![Page 2: Emily martin: “the egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles”](https://reader031.vdocuments.mx/reader031/viewer/2022032800/56649d2c5503460f94a02afa/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
woody allen’s everything you always wanted to know about sex
(but were afraid to ask)
![Page 3: Emily martin: “the egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles”](https://reader031.vdocuments.mx/reader031/viewer/2022032800/56649d2c5503460f94a02afa/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
“The theory of the human body is always a part of a fantasy”—James Hillman
(Martin, 15)
![Page 4: Emily martin: “the egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles”](https://reader031.vdocuments.mx/reader031/viewer/2022032800/56649d2c5503460f94a02afa/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
“Waking up such metaphors, by becoming aware of their
implications, will rob them of their power to naturalize our social
conventions about gender” (25).
![Page 5: Emily martin: “the egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles”](https://reader031.vdocuments.mx/reader031/viewer/2022032800/56649d2c5503460f94a02afa/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
![Page 6: Emily martin: “the egg and the sperm: how science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles”](https://reader031.vdocuments.mx/reader031/viewer/2022032800/56649d2c5503460f94a02afa/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
social constructionism
• Reality does not exist prior to our interpretations of it; Access to reality is socially mediated.
• Learning is a social process, not a passive development of behaviors. We’re influenced by the beliefs of others.
• Knowledge is socially constructed; knowing cannot precede social engagement.