Spiders (actually most invertebrates) are the dominant sex. Yes, the females sometimes – not always – eat the males, but then spider children eat the mother. Protein is in very high demand at that scale.
Lionesses do all the hunting, and when they’re in heat, the Lion (who chased out all the other males) is jolly sorry, and welcome all the other boys to the yard.
Bonobos, in which the females run the matriarchy, and the males love it. Also sex for everybody!
My own street block is run by a queen feral cat and her gang. We keep trying to catch her for TNR but she’s too wily.
Human men, especially our leaders and pundits (Donald Trump, Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro) have completely lost the plot. They don’t act like wolves, but ungulates: They fight each other to be the dominant who (allegedly) gets all the females. Even dominant chimps might have one or two partners, while others males woo the rest away with kindness (pets and food) to elope in secret (I’m simplifying. Chimp relationships are pretty complex.)
We human men should aspire to be like eagles, who share in the upbringing of the young (without the threat of the -40° – C or F? Does it matter) that penguins have to suffer.
The whole strong women in media question, as Lindsay Ellis observed with the Transformers movies, speaks ill of men that we can’t bear to let women hunt and war with the rest of us without feeling offended. We’re pathetic and can totally do better, as Governor Walz has shown us.
For inspiration for strong women, let me offer:
Spiders (actually most invertebrates) are the dominant sex. Yes, the females sometimes – not always – eat the males, but then spider children eat the mother. Protein is in very high demand at that scale.
Lionesses do all the hunting, and when they’re in heat, the Lion (who chased out all the other males) is jolly sorry, and welcome all the other boys to the yard.
Bonobos, in which the females run the matriarchy, and the males love it. Also sex for everybody!
My own street block is run by a queen feral cat and her gang. We keep trying to catch her for TNR but she’s too wily.
Human men, especially our leaders and pundits (Donald Trump, Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro) have completely lost the plot. They don’t act like wolves, but ungulates: They fight each other to be the dominant who (allegedly) gets all the females. Even dominant chimps might have one or two partners, while others males woo the rest away with kindness (pets and food) to elope in secret (I’m simplifying. Chimp relationships are pretty complex.)
We human men should aspire to be like eagles, who share in the upbringing of the young (without the threat of the -40° – C or F? Does it matter) that penguins have to suffer.
The whole strong women in media question, as Lindsay Ellis observed with the Transformers movies, speaks ill of men that we can’t bear to let women hunt and war with the rest of us without feeling offended. We’re pathetic and can totally do better, as Governor Walz has shown us.