What female animals can teach us about women and power

In his new book, Erna Walraven has been taking advantage of decades of experience with animals to challenge myths with cage women for a long time. Elizabeth Spiegel shares his thoughts about ‘Hear Me Roar’.

When is the writer Erna Walraven The first women’s zoo in Australia, male colleagues Taronga He said it was very difficult and dangerous for a woman, and he made it more difficult and dangerous than it should be.

Hear me First of all, the story of Erna’s career in the zoo is rising to the senior curator of both the Sydney Zoo and the sister campus in Dubbo. When he was “retired” (he continued to work as a consultant, lecturer and writer), the old guard, who was angry with his existence, had already gone and the staff mixture is much more balanced.

Although Erna is a career, it is fascinating, this book is more than just a moment. According to the chapter, it appeals to a number of clichés about the behavior of female animals used to justify the limitations on human women. In addition to his own experience at the Zoo, Erna takes advantage of the researchers around the world’s experiences with a wide variety of animals.

Animal behavior can really be used to shed light on human behavior, so it should be observed correctly and analyzed objectively. Female animals, emerges, can be the leader; They can feed the offspring or give the job to others; They can use gender with both men and other women to promote social ties; and alliances between their peers and relatives.

Apparently Yuval Noah Harari bay: “Biology activates, cultural prohibitions.”

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Published by Erna Walraven by Deir Me Me Roar Simon and Schuster.

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Elizabeth Spiegel is a free editor and a retired public official.

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