Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
Integr Comp Biol. 2020 Sep 1;60(3):796-813. doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa084.
Like many scientific disciplines, the field of reproductive biology is subject to biases in terminology and research foci. For example, females are often described as coy and passive players in reproductive behaviors and are termed "promiscuous" if they engage in extra-pair copulations. Males on the other hand are viewed as actively holding territories and fighting with other males. Males are termed "multiply mating" if they mate with multiple females. Similarly, textbooks often illustrate meiosis as it occurs in males but not females. This edition of Integrative and Comparative Biology (ICB) includes a series of papers that focus on reproduction from the female perspective. These papers represent a subset of the work presented in our symposium and complementary sessions on female reproductive biology. In this round table discussion, we use a question and answer format to leverage the diverse perspectives and voices involved with the symposium in an exploration of theoretical, cultural, pedagogical, and scientific issues related to the study of female biology. We hope this dialog will provide a stepping-stone toward moving reproductive science and teaching to a more inclusive and objective framework.
与许多科学学科一样，生殖生物学领域也存在术语和研究重点方面的偏见。例如，如果女性进行了非配偶交配，她们通常被描述为在生殖行为中害羞和被动的参与者，并被称为“滥交”。相比之下，雄性则被视为积极地占据领地并与其他雄性战斗。如果雄性与多个雌性交配，则被称为“多次交配”。同样，教科书通常展示减数分裂在雄性中发生的情况，但不在雌性中。本期《综合与比较生物学》（ICB）包括一系列从女性角度关注生殖的论文。这些论文代表了我们的研讨会以及关于女性生殖生物学的补充会议中提出的部分工作。在本次圆桌讨论中，我们使用问答形式，利用研讨会涉及的多元化视角和声音，探讨与女性生物学研究相关的理论、文化、教学和科学问题。我们希望这次对话将为推动生殖科学和教学向更具包容性和客观性的框架迈进提供一个垫脚石。
