Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Species Names Introduction: An Ode to Witlessness Part One. Sexual Stereotypes and the Biases That Bind 1. Sex and the Death of a Loon 2. Substitute Stereotypes: The Myth of the Ecofeminist Animal 3. Selfless Motherhood and Other Unnatural Acts 4. DNA and the Meaning of Marriage 5. The Care and Management of Sperm Part Two. Unnatural Myths 6. Sex and the Scala Naturae (or, Worms in the Gutter) 7. Bonobos: Dolphins of the New Millennium 8. The Alpha Chicken Part Three. Human Evolutionary Perspectives 9. Soccer, Adaptation, and Orgasms 10. Sacred or Cellular: The Meaning of Menstruation 11. That's Not Sex, They're Just Glad to See Each Other 12. Can Voles Do Math? Conclusion: Unnatural Boundaries Selected Readings References Index

About the Author

Marlene Zuk is Professor of Biology at the University of California, Riverside, and coeditor, with J.E. Loye, of Bird-Parasite Interactions: Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour (1991).

Reviews

"Zuk takes the reader on a tour, and her message is an eloquent and important warning: because gender biases have shaped the way researchers have studied animal behaviour, and because we also look to the behaviour of animals to inform ourselves about our own behaviour, we are in danger of perpetuating these gender biases. Take heed!"--"BBC Wildlife Magazine