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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