“[The sperm] still has as an arduous journey ahead. It must penetrate farther into the egg’s huge sphere of cytoplasm and somehow locate the nucleus…Wassarman can continue to describe the sperm as the actor, the one that makes it all happen” (Martin Volume II, 64-65). This quote elucidates how the sperm is obviously being the aggressor, taking on this adventurous journey to penetrate the weak and feeble egg. This argument presents the readers that the ideas science has created this misrepresentation that men are supposed to be the superior gender, while the women are exemplified as the inferior
Elizabeth Lloyd sought the topic of female orgasm as an area of strong interest and delved into the topic to essentially source its origin. In doing so, Lloyd collectively analysed and criticised several theories that as a majority, represented the idea that female orgasm is an evolutionary adaptation. In particular, Lloyd placed emphasis on those that say it stems from evolutionary pressure and critiques each theory. In return, Lloyd proposes her very own idea; that female orgasm is not directly associated to sexual reproduction. In fact, that is another theory she criticises alongside with hormonal determination of sexual behaviour and pair bonding.
Bodies are, so we think, natural, God- given, sacred, hardwired. Human babies come equipped with a set of male or female organs, hormones, and chromosomes (Conley, 2013). The term “sex” can also be advanced to “sexuality” which can be referenced to the sexual identity or sexual orientation of an individual. Since sex and sexuality is a biological trait it is believed to be fixed and determined only by
Describe and evaluate one or more biological explanation of gender development (24 marks) The biological approach states that a person’s gender is determined by their genetic makeup and it is the role of genes and hormones to aid the development of gender. Each person has 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of which are the sex chromosomes. There is usually a direct link between the sex chromosomes and the genitalia of a person and some psychologists believe that not only can biology determine a persons sex, but also their gender. Chromosomes determine sex whereas the hormones are said to determine gender because they impact the brain. Male brains differ from female brains in many ways – females tend to be better at empathising and are more talkative, for example (Hoag, 2008).
The Media and its Effect In Our Lives. Although Virginial L. Blom and Sharlene Nagy Hasse-Biber approach the same issue body image, among teenagers and adults worldwide each author identifies a different connection between the media and Bulimia Nervosa worldwide. In her essay “Love my neighbors, hate myself: the vicissitudes of affect in cosmetic surgery.” Bloom explores how plastic surgery has changed through the years. She mentions how plastic surgery wasn’t practiced unless it was a critical and necessary procedure. Today, plastic surgery has become in high demand among males and females, teenagers in order to look their physically best.
Marilyn Francus wrote an essay entitle “The Monstrous Mother: Reproductive Anxiety in Swift and Pope” where she establishes a connection between Swift and Pope’s disgust of literary mass production and their misogynist texts. The monstrous mother is the female with inappropriate sexual behavior, the one who procreates for her own benefit; she has the power to manipulate the body and the mind of her products while they are still in her womb, turning these products in her allies, because she has the power to create the product as she wants. This monstrous mother symbolizes lust, because she always wants sex and this becomes the mean from where she gets strength, while on the other hand this constant reproduction will make men weaker, because they loose power every time they ejaculate. Western culture has turned the fecund mother as a monster since Homer’s texts with the creation of Scylla, and Christian tradition have made women the cause of many tragedies since the Fall from Grace. So, the monstrous mother has been created as an allegory which acquired theological and literary significance.
Darwin, who introduced the evolutionary theory, defined sexual selection as certain behaviours which are due to selective pressure from the social environment meaning, an individual is selected on the basis of reproductive success. Features that show signs of reproductive success is attractive to the opposite sex as well as chances of survival, and also enables them to compete, increasing the individual’s chance of reproduction. According to Trivers (1972), the sex which invests least in the process of reproduction will compete for the sex that invests less. Intra-sexual selection is used to define those who compete within a species to attract a mate. As males are less investing, they compete within themselves through intra-sexual selection to achieve the dominant position of the alpha male and so have exclusive access to females.
An example of fallacies from the article would be, when or if you take away birth control more women will get pregnant and our world will indeed over populate. This is a great example because I am using fear to scare the readers. An example of using specific rhetorical devices in our speech would be for example; taking away birth control will prevent more teenage pregnancies or actually have a drastic increase in diseases and pregnancies than expected. This is a good example because it is stating two sides and is contradictory for a higher meaning. * How did the speaker address arguments and counterarguments?
Describe and evaluate the biological approach to gender development Biological psychology stresses the importance of our brain structure, genes and hormones for how we behave. It is believed that women and men act, think and feel differently because of how the brain works. This is supported through our genetic structure as females (XX) and males are (XY), it is said that sex is determined at conception and it is universal, where as gender is mailable and cultural. Gender relates to how you perceive and see yourself. Klinefelters syndrome (XXY) supports that we are a product of our genes, as a sufferer would have under developed genitals and a lack of body hair, which shows how a difference in genes can effect us.
With the reversal of the female and male gender roles this shows what the men goes through being a host for the Tlics. It is more horrifying than how a woman bearing a child would be. Butler wanted to picture males while giving birth, and give full details on how such a procedure is