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Past Event

Contraceptive Organs: Why We Keep Getting the History of Gynecology Wrong

March 7, 2025
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
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Uris Hall (Calder Lounge), Columbia University, 3022 Broadway, New York

Event Description

What if the selfish gene theory is actually a poor model of human reproduction? Female mammals’ sex organs seem to spend most of their time avoiding fertilization, not the other way around—which can give us better directions in women’s health research and a better way of telling the story of the female body. (Spoiler alert: it might also save male lives, too.)

Event Information

Free and open to the public; registration recommended. Please visit the event webpage for additional information. 

Hosted by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University.