From the sleeping beauty/prince charming model of the egg and sperm to the preference in male laboratory rats, many have pointed out clear examples of androcentric biases within science. Being critical of androcentrism is incredibly important due to the diverse effects and utter prevalence within scientific theories. In “Gender and the Biological Science,” Kathleen Okruhlik explains the problematic nature of androcentrism by disusing how not only do social structures influence the content of science, but also how this biased science can then be used to perpetrate and justify women’s oppression. Okruhlik goes on to insinuate that the solution to androcentrism is bringing more women into science, which would offer the necessary differences in
