Events

Please join IRCPL for an event in our Patriarchal Violence Series.

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

A conversation with Cat Bohannon (researcher and author) in conversation with Eleanor Johnson (Columbia University).

Date: Friday, March 7, 2025
Time: 12:15–1:45pm
Location: Calder Lounge (Uris Hall 107)

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.)

This event is free and open to the public. Please register via this form to reserve your spot.