Emily Martin investigated the descriptions of menstruation found in contemporary medical and biology textbooks.What did she find?

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Emily Martin found that menstruation was described as failed production that reflects pervasive gender stratification. She argues that medical and biological explanations of menstruation perpetuate a cultural view of female biology as flawed and inferior to male biology.

Answer: C
 Martin also found that male and female scientific authors described menstruation differently. Male authors tended to describe it in more technical and detached language, while female authors often used metaphors and more personal language.

Answer: D
 Martin found that scientific descriptions of menstruation are often described in very similar terms to the production of sperm, even though these are different processes. This suggests a bias in how female reproductive processes are understood and described within the scientific community.

Emily Martin Investigated the Descriptions of Menstruation Found in Contemporary