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Identify the significance of the "fairy tale of the egg and the sperm," and "Man the Hunter, Woman the Gatherer" narratives in U.S. contemporary culture.

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Answer:

They are modern-day cultural myths that reinforce gender ideologies

Explanation:

-Both of these narratives main purpose is to strengthen or support gender ideologies (deals with normative beliefs on the actual and right path or involvement for and basic attributes of women and men in human societies. The classification between sex and gender is pivotal to the background of gender ideology) by proposing that gender distinctions and activities undertaken are "natural" and founded in biology and history.

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