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Bitch : on the female of the species / Lucy Cooke.

by Cooke, Lucy, 1970-

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Basic Books, c2022.

Females -- Miscellanea.

Women -- Miscellanea.

Animals -- Miscellanea.

Psychology, Comparative.

9781541674899 (hc.)

Alternate title:

On the female of the species

xxi, 369 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-352) and index.

"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 this book, 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."--Goodreads.

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