Queering animal sexual behavior in biology textbooks
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Queering animal sexual behavior in biology textbooks
iology is instrumental in establishing and perpetuating societal norms of gender and sexuality, owing to its afforded authoritative role in formulating beliefs about what is “natural”. However, philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science have shown how conceptions of gender and sexuality pervade the supposedly objective knowledge produced by the natural sciences. 1 For example, in des...
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عنوان ژورنال: Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2001-4562
DOI: 10.3384/confero.2001-4562.13v1i21d