In fact, that is another theory she criticises alongside with hormonal determination of sexual behaviour and pair bonding. On the opposing avenue, Ridley holds a view contradictory to the attitudes of Lloyd and argues for evolutionary adaptation. He presents the “Emma-Bovary” theory because it links the three universal features of the mating system regarding females. The following report will elaborate on Lloyd’s criticism of the several theories posed on the evolution of female orgasm and highlights her alternate explanation. A plethora of different opinions on female orgasm had flourished prior to Lloyd, which essentially in time encouraged her to propose her perspective.
An Analysis of "The Science of Difference: Sex Ed." by Steven Pinker In The Science of Difference: Sex Ed., Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard and alumni faculty at MIT, argues that research from cognitive science and evolutionary biology supports Lawrence Summer’s hypothesis that innate differences between males and females can influence mathematical aptitude. Steven Pinker states that by the early ‘70s women in science was a given and there is no going back, to even talk about going back to when women weren’t would be morally wrong and scientifically disastrous. Pinker goes on to say that the way people reacted to Harvard President Lawrence Summers’s remarks was as if he had proposed that there were innate sex differences, when he just proposed the possibility. Summers was shamed into apologizing but his analysis of why there might be fewer women in mathematics and science is common.
And on the way the female reproductive system is set up that the process of the fertilization itself becomes a tricky business. The process is indeed fascinating because at the start the narrator tells as a matter of fact that the human body has the unquestionable urge to reproduce itself, but at the same time explains how complicated and delicate the entire process is. One ‘mistake’ from the egg and the sperm and
“[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
Fitness in evolutionary terms is the abilty to reproduce and leave offspring. There are two types of sexual selection: Intersexual selection is where one sex often females chooses a partener from the avalible pool based ont eh one with the most desirable genes. Intra-sexual selection, is competition for reproductive success between member of the same se for example females are scarce resource for which males compete. The fundamental goal of human behavior is to reproduce and pass on our genes to the next generation tehrfore humun reproductive behavior had been influenced by sexual selection pressures. Evolutionary psychologists that me have enmvolved to be responsive to females who are young and attractive since these are ohysical cues to a womens reproductive value wheres women seek indicators of socio-economic stautus.
Although sharing little in setting or premise, the texts Frankenstein and Blade Runner share many of the same concerns as they both challenge the values and morals of the societies in which they were set, most notably the notion of what it means to be human, as well as articulating the composers' critique of the advancement in science and technology. Both texts also exhibit the consequences of imprudent creation and the hubris of an individual to rise above and disrupt the natural order. Written in the eighteen hundreds by aggrieved writer Mary Shelley, the novel Frankenstein presents readers with a Romanticist perspective of technology ‘dehumanizing’ mankind as society was not made clear of their indistinct boundaries. Through Victor’s regression, “I, the true murderer, felt the never dying worm alive in my bosom”, the symbols of the ‘worm’ explore the downfall in
Psychology constructs the female: Or he fantasy life of the male psychologist with some attention to the fantasies of his friends, the male biologist and the male anthropologist). Feminism & Psychology, 3(2), 195-210. doi: 10.1177/0959353593032005 1. Weisstein’s (1993) main argument was that the manner of obtaining correct information regarding women and psychology is flawed. The author argued that many theories come from “years of intensive clinical experience” but the discrepancy of the experimentsbased on the bias of the experimenter, and their preconceived ideas of how groups will react. They
Bilal Adem Professor Boyle English 111 18 January 2012 Response to the high cost of manliness Robert Jensen writes in his essay “The High Cost of Manliness” that our culture defines the idea of masculinity in a way that it creates certain expectations that have to be fulfilled. Jensen talks about the aspects biology and culture that affect our view of humanity. Jensen says that masculinity is associated with traits such as seeking control, aggression, and competition. Jensen also talks about the consequences such as rape and vulnerability that are connected to the fact that men and women are different, but Jensen later counters that argument by mentioning that men and women are more alike than they are different. Most importantly men can also be associated with the ideals of caring and sacrifice.
IN WHAT WAYS DOES A COMPARATIVE STUDY ACCENTUATE THE DISTINCTIVE CONTEXTS OF FRANKENSTEIN AND BLADERUNNER? The comparative study of Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley and Bladerunner directed by Ridley Scot, accentuates the timeless themes of humanity and lack of morality. These are both powerful themes of both novel and film, which relate closely to the values of responsibility and over ambition seen in both texts. Humanity was under close question in scientific discoveries of both eras as in the 18oo’s and the 1980’s were causing huge controversy over whether the experiments were boarding on ‘playing God’, this co-insides with the lack of humanity and over ambition. Humanity is seen in both novel and film show humans in a more monstrous
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