Yale: Metaphors for Human Fertilization are Evolving, Study Shows
October 03, 2023
October 03, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news:
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While the metaphor of an active sperm and a passive egg has long been used to describe fertilization, a more gender-egalitarian approach is circulating.
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In a common metaphor used to describe human fertilization, sperm cells are competitors racing to penetrate a passive egg. But as critics have noted, the description is also a "fairy tale" . . .
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While the metaphor of an active sperm and a passive egg has long been used to describe fertilization, a more gender-egalitarian approach is circulating.
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In a common metaphor used to describe human fertilization, sperm cells are competitors racing to penetrate a passive egg. But as critics have noted, the description is also a "fairy tale" . . .