LEADER 04156nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910450088803321 005 20210603204343.0 010 $a1-282-35781-6 010 $a1-59734-894-5 010 $a0-520-93767-8 010 $a9786612357817 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520937673 035 $a(CKB)1000000000007228 035 $a(EBL)224654 035 $a(OCoLC)70720664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000244803 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186405 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244803 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10170847 035 $a(PQKB)10799546 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224654 035 $a(DE-B1597)519305 035 $a(OCoLC)52859394 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520937673 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224654 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10048946 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235781 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000007228 100 $a20040405d2002 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSexual selections$b[electronic resource] $ewhat we can and can't learn about sex from animals /$fMarlene Zuk 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-21974-0 311 0 $a0-520-24075-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on species names --$tIntroduction: An Ode To Witlessness --$tPART ONE. Sexual Stereotypes and the Biases That Bind --$tPART TWO. Unnatural Myths --$tPART THREE. Human Evolutionary Perspectives --$tSelected Readings --$tIndex 330 $aScientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. We now know that male marmosets help take care of their offspring. Is this heartening news for today's stay-at-home dads? Recent studies show that many female birds once thought to be monogamous actually have chicks that are fathered outside the primary breeding pair. Does this information spell doom for traditional marriages? And bonobo apes take part in female-female sexual encounters. Does this mean that human homosexuality is natural? This highly provocative book clearly shows that these are the wrong kinds of questions to ask about animal behavior. Marlene Zuk, a respected biologist and a feminist, gives an eye-opening tour of some of the latest developments in our knowledge of animal sexuality and evolutionary biology. Sexual Selections exposes the anthropomorphism and gender politics that have colored our understanding of the natural world and shows how feminism can help move us away from our ideological biases. As she tells many amazing stories about animal behavior--whether of birds and apes or of rats and cockroaches--Zuk takes us to the places where our ideas about nature, gender, and culture collide. Writing in an engaging, conversational style, she discusses such politically charged topics as motherhood, the genetic basis for adultery, the female orgasm, menstruation, and homosexuality. She shows how feminism can give us the tools to examine sensitive issues such as these and to enhance our understanding of the natural world if we avoid using research to champion a feminist agenda and avoid using animals as ideological weapons. Zuk passionately asks us to learn to see the animal world on its own terms, with its splendid array of diversity and variation. This knowledge will give us a better understanding of animals and can ultimately change our assumptions about what is natural, normal, and even possible. 606 $aSexual behavior in animals 606 $aAnimal behavior 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSexual behavior in animals. 615 0$aAnimal behavior. 676 $a591.56/2 686 $aCR 6000$2rvk 700 $aZuk$b M$g(Marlene)$01035575 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450088803321 996 $aSexual selections$92455338 997 $aUNINA