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Temporal Orders and Y Chromosome Futures: Of Mice, Monkeys, and Men

Davies, S; Taylor-Alexander, S
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We bring together conceptual readings of time and temporality to discuss evolutionary theories of Y chromosome degeneration as they are spoken about in scientific and popular forums. In doing so, we suggest that debates over Y chromosome degeneration involve a form of abduction – tacking back and forth between different pasts, presents, futures – that frames templates for producing and securing sexed and gendered presents. Here we are using ‘sexed’ as a way of talking about physical bodies and ‘gendered’ as social ways of constructing those sexed bodies. We suggest that arguments over Y chromosome degeneration are as important for current debates surrounding sex, gender, science, molecular biology and a “crisis of masculinity” as they are for (ascertaining) the future of human evolution.
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2019
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Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, 5(1), 1-18.
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Journal Article
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Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), the University of Toronto
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https://catalystjournal.org/index.php/catalyst/article/view/30987
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© Sharyn Davies and Sam Taylor-Alexander, 2019| Licensed to the Catalyst Project under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license.

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