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Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal by Lucy Cooke
4 reviews
condls27's review against another edition
funny
informative
fast-paced
5.0
Like Lucy Cooke’s first book, I knew this was going to be funny and informative but I did not realize how healing it would be. And honestly, a little enraging too. How different would our society be if the pioneer scientists hadn’t let cultural norms and biases influence their research? It’s equal parts wild and completely unsurprising that we are only just beginning to unravel it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism
sakisreads's review against another edition
It seems SO interesting, but I am not great at working through scientific non-fiction via books. I would process the information better through podcasts. So sorry about this, because I know Lucy Cooke must have worked incredibly hard, but it wasn’t for me this time around 🥲
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Antisemitism
purplepenning's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
medium-paced
4.5
"Truth lies in diversity and transparency."
An exceptionally readable, enthusiastically funny, and necessary expansion on the "blinkered science" that has misrepresented the female of the species. From the aggressively dominant female hyena on the cover to the peaceful and cooperatively dominant female bonobos, from the murderous matriarchal meercat to the menopausal mensch of a matrilineal orca pod — the animal world is a fascinating spectrum of form and behavior that is far more interesting and diverse than the "sexist mythology" of stereotypes that have been "baked into" our studies of biology.
An exceptionally readable, enthusiastically funny, and necessary expansion on the "blinkered science" that has misrepresented the female of the species. From the aggressively dominant female hyena on the cover to the peaceful and cooperatively dominant female bonobos, from the murderous matriarchal meercat to the menopausal mensch of a matrilineal orca pod — the animal world is a fascinating spectrum of form and behavior that is far more interesting and diverse than the "sexist mythology" of stereotypes that have been "baked into" our studies of biology.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Excrement
tinytrashqueen's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, and Sexism
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