May 31, 2002
Animals, Humans, and the Danger of Extrapolation
Parents may teach children about the birds and the bees, but they should take analogies to animals only so far, says Marlene Zuk.
In Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex From Animals (University of California Press), the professor of biology at the University of California at Riverside and self-described feminist says people often try to further their own political agendas by using examples of animal behavior shaped by natural selection.
Feminists can cite
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