Bitch: On the Female of the Species

Bitch: On the Female of the Species

by Lucy Cooke
Bitch: On the Female of the Species

Bitch: On the Female of the Species

by Lucy Cooke

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Overview

A “playful, enlightening,” and “effervescent exposé” (Scientific American) on the queens of the animal kingdom 
 
Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak. Not because she loved spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the same curious kinks. The problem was her sex. Being female meant she was, by nature, a loser. 

Since Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have been convinced that the males of the animal kingdom are the interesting ones—dominating and promiscuous, while females are dull, passive, and devoted. 
 
In Bitch, Cooke tells a new story. Whether investigating same-sex female albatross couples that raise chicks, murderous mother meerkats, or the titanic battle of the sexes waged by ducks, Cooke shows us a new evolutionary biology, one where females can be as dynamic as any male. This isn‘t your grandfather’s evolutionary biology. It’s more inclusive, truer to life, and, simply, more fun. 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781541674912
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/17/2023
Pages: 400
Sales rank: 39,534
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Lucy Cooke is the author of The Truth About Animals, which was short-listed for the Royal Society Prize, and the New York Times bestselling A Little Book of Sloth. She is a National Geographic explorer, TED talker, and award-winning documentary filmmaker with a master’s degree in zoology from Oxford University. She lives in Hastings, England. 

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 The Anarchy of Sex 1

2 The Mysteries of Mate Choice 28

3 The Monogamy Myth 44

4 Fifty Ways to Eat Your Lover 77

5 Love Is a Battlefield 99

6 Madonna No More 122

7 Bitch Eat Bitch 156

8 Primate Politics 182

9 Matriarchs and Menopause 215

10 Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves 237

11 Beyond the Binary 262

Conclusion: A Natural World Without Prejudice 281

Acknowledgements 289

Notes 291

Selected Bibliography 347

Index 353

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