I received a copy of this release from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke was released yesterday (thank you Basic Books for my review copy.) While I have only read a few pages so far, I'm already giving this a glowing recommendation.
Title: Bitch: On the Female of the Species
Author: Lucy Cooke
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date: 6.14.22
Publisher’s Summary
A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdomStudying 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.
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