Every sperm for themselves!

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I figured a picture of a marathon vs people on a queue
- Shit, that would have been better.
Isn't this fairly disproven by science now and sperm fertilising an egg is now seen as more of a group effort?
- Yes, they all boink the shell until it's boinked enough for one of them to break through. Than that one thanks his mates by shutting and locking the door and leaving them out there to die.
  
  I also thought that there were support sperm who basically just help other sperm reach the egg.
Explains how my X sperm got an SRY gene on it.
And after unsuccessful fertilisation the images are reversed.
Which are which
This is a dumb meme that is only based on sexist assumptions of gender roles. And it sure isn't a science meme.
- What.
- I'll bite: How is this related to gender?
  
  Isn't this picture of 'male' sperms violently competing with each other while 'female' oocytes peacefully cooperating anything but a projection of gender expectations?

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