“The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male- Female Roles” by Emily Martin (4/14)
Posted on: April 14, 2009
Emily Martin’s, “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male- Female Roles” was confusing and hard for me to follow. I encountered a number of “gaps” and “borders” while reading this text and hope that class discussion will help smooth over the areas of confusion.
What I think the main point Martin is trying to make is that the character and perception of the egg and sperm can be used as a metaphor to describe societies stereotype of male and female behavior.
Many people are led to believe that the sperm, which symbolizes a male, is more powerful than the egg, which is symbolic of a female. This parallels the gender-bias many people have today. However, as time has moved forward, many of these conceptions of the role the sperm and egg play have been proved otherwise. Martin hopes that we not forget these new conclusions and use them to help change the way the majority of people view/ understand gender relations.
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