A fierce， funny， and revolutionary look at 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。