Root Gorelick’s title for his 2012 BioScience article exposes the nearly universal bias in how we describe and illustrate meiosis. “[T]extbooks beautifully describe meiosis in males and meiosis in isogamous taxa, in which there is only one size of gametes. But these textbooks fail to describe meiosis in females in anisogamic taxa, in which there… Read More “Meiosis is not gender neutral”
This is a 2009 cartoon of genital development from a human embryology textbook. At least 4 components are misleading. 1) As illustrated, the neutral genital tubercle becomes a phallus (usually a gendered term) by 9 weeks but other regions are not gendered. 2) Other reproductive regions obtain gendered names at 12 weeks but… Read More Misleading diagram of genital development
image source: https://www.histology.leeds.ac.uk/cell/meiosis.php
https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Human_anatomy
Ninety-three million Americans search online for health related topics, and “googling” something has become a common phrase within Ammerican society (Weaver, 2003). However, the results of these searches are riddled with inaccuracies regarding mammalian reproduction. These inaccuracies manifest in the form of misleading photos, male bias, human bias, and incomplete information. With that in mind,… Read More The Internet: propagating reproductive misconceptions
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