Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture

In the article “Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture,” by Sherry Ortner, she explains to us why women have been considered to be universally subject to second class status to men and society throughout the history, she states that the way our culture and the culture around the world thinks women are all very similar. She points out that women’s subordinate status is the result of human’s behaviour and the human culture is the revelation to nature because of this that has become very difficult to change. She stresses over that women’s physiology is seen “closer to nature” and that this physiological fact has significance. Ortner also mentions how the women physic structure is different to men and how it is the most controversial factor.
Ortner argues, the universal devaluation of women is not depended on a specific culture but genetically knowledge inherited from generations to generations of the male species that makes them naturally the dominant sex and the females have come to term with the satisfaction of their position naturally because it gives the sense of protection and the experiences in life. She explains that female subordination is built into the structure of all human beings and culture no matter what they find themselves in.
Ortner argument to women’s physiology is seen as “closer to nature” and she supports her arguments with evidence by De Beauvoir, reviewing the physiological structure, development and that the female have more functions in the body. She bring up the attention that the female body develops health and stability because of how the female body built. For example, when the female is going through her menstruation may often be uncomfortable and pain. Thus, this puts restriction to the female involving activities and social contact. Furthermore, Ortner states that De Beauvoir exertion seems to be facts about the space of the woman’s body, how the female body has taken up the natural processes surrounding the reproduction of the