ANTHRO 2A Study Guide - Final Guide: Spermatid, Cell Membrane, Microvillus
Document Summary
Female biological processes are less worthy than male counterparts. Viewed as a failure - not fertilizing an egg. Remarkable cellular transformation from spermatid to mature sperm, normal human male may manufacture several hundred million sperm per day . Sperm production is celebrated because production is continuous. Egg production is inferior because it is finished at birth. Makes the female seem unproductive and wasteful. Egg as damsel in distress, sperm as heroic warrior to the rescue. Sperm penetrates the egg, sperm"s head described as binding to the egg. Egg is the more active role compared to sperm. Egg as the key, sperm as the lock. Egg selects an appropriate mate, prepares him for fusion and then protects the resulting offspring from harm (courtship and mating behavior) Woman as the hard to get prize, then becomes woman as servant and mother. The egg ends up as the female aggressor who captures and tehters the sperm with her sticky zona.
