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Published online 31 July 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.747
Column: Muse
Artificial babies are so last century
The best way to understand the recent fuss about 'artificial sperm' and the 'end of men' is to consider old versions of the same debate, says Philip Ball.
Few science stories seem as guaranteed to make headlines as those that can be distorted to reinforce lazy clichés about gender. These range from the folksy ('women are better multitaskers') to the plain ugly ('women who dress provocatively are more likely to be raped').
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