Women, Gender and Sexuality in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

For September, we will be reading and discussing Emily Martin's "The egg and the sperm: How science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles." Signs: journal of women in culture and society 16, no. 3 (1991): 485-501. and Rene Almeling's “What Biological Stories are Americans Telling About the Egg and the Sperm? A Study Inspired by Emily Martin 30 Years Later.” Gender & Society 37: 750-773.