Bitch – Ein revolutionärer Blick auf Sex, Evolution und die Macht des Weiblichen im Tierre

Of matriarchies, pseudo-penises, cannibalsWhat does it mean to belong to the female sex? For a long time, the feminine was reduced in science to the maternal, the self-sacrificing, the passive. In her new book, Lucy Cooke takes a feminist look at the animal world that throws outdated, patriarchal assumptions and redefines the feminine.An extraordinary book that will change the way we see the worldShe introduces cannibal praying mantises. Female lemurs who physically and politically dominate the males of their species. And female albatrosses who team up to raise their offspring together.Her fascinating book paints a fresh picture of the female animal and the forces that have influenced evolution. It's a grounded and shrewd attempt to explore what that might mean for us too. "A dazzling, witty and elegantly angry demolition of our preconceptions about female behaviour and the sexes in the animal kingdom ... 'Bitch' is a blast. "Observer.