Disproportionate attention has long been paid to males in human and
other social systems. The basic structures used to explain social
behavior in sociological and biological work have overwhelmingly
emphasized the significance and shape of male behavior and far less
female behavior which is surely at least as important.
Stratification, sexual selection, and natural selection of what
women do among themselves and how they relate to men was explored
in this volume for the first time. It is now available in a
paperback edition, with a new introduction by Lionel Tiger. Do
females conduct aggressive encounters with each other? Or do they
have no impact on mate selection and hence on the future of the
genotype? Is the main negotiation of females with males and not
among themselves during this selective process? Do the usually
larger size and frequently more elaborate behavioral displays of
males betray the fact that the burden of selective functioning
falls on males and not on females? It is improbable that the answer
to these questions is "yes" and that there is little or nothing
happening in all-female groups that affects not only how their
communities operate but, more importantly in the long run, the
genotype of their species. For those species in which gregarious
social behavior is a sine qua non for successful reproduction, what
are the principles of selection that operate through females? Are
female hierarchies more abrasive or generous than male ones? Do
they focus more on reproduction than production? What are the forms
of female social grouping that either support, modify, inhibit, or
stimulate sexual and hence natural selection? This work goes far
beyond the slogans of our time for important responses to basic
questions.
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