Bubbly, inefficient and interested

Last night, watched a movie with zodiacmg and talked afterwards. Made a very pleasant decision.

Just had a very happy day, but I didn't get enough work done, partially because there was more of it than I was expecting: I forgot about a Women's Studies response paper (only a page, but still), and had to do an outline that I'd thought was due Friday. Oh well. I'm not terribly thrilled with how any of it came out, but at least my Hebrew presentation is off to a good start now, I think. That said, I'm going to shower and sleep, and then work after minyan tomorrow, hopefully.

Interestingly, the article I did my response paper on talked about how biology textbooks are enforcing traditional female roles by describing eggs as passive and sperm as active, and by viewing female reproductive cell generation as wasting, and male reproductive cell production as productive, when really, either description could apply to either sex. It was a fascinating article: it struck home in a way, just because I know I've encountered a lot of the language they talked about a number of times, and at the same time, I never thought of it as anything but impartial scientific language. I wonder how aware of this the scientists who write these things are. That wasn't addressed- it was only 4 1/2 pages, which may have contributed to its punch.

Bubbly, inefficient and interested

Last night, watched a movie with zodiacmg and talked afterwards. Made a very pleasant decision.

Just had a very happy day, but I didn't get enough work done, partially because there was more of it than I was expecting: I forgot about a Women's Studies response paper (only a page, but still), and had to do an outline that I'd thought was due Friday. Oh well. I'm not terribly thrilled with how any of it came out, but at least my Hebrew presentation is off to a good start now, I think. That said, I'm going to shower and sleep, and then work after minyan tomorrow, hopefully.

Interestingly, the article I did my response paper on talked about how biology textbooks are enforcing traditional female roles by describing eggs as passive and sperm as active, and by viewing female reproductive cell generation as wasting, and male reproductive cell production as productive, when really, either description could apply to either sex. It was a fascinating article: it struck home in a way, just because I know I've encountered a lot of the language they talked about a number of times, and at the same time, I never thought of it as anything but impartial scientific language. I wonder how aware of this the scientists who write these things are. That wasn't addressed- it was only 4 1/2 pages, which may have contributed to its punch.