Should we all be more like the bonobos? | A Drink with Lucy Cooke

Zoologist and writer Lucy Cooke chats to Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson about her new book, 'Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal.' What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker and passive sex? In her book, Lucy sets the record straight on female animals, debunking the myths created by influential biologists such as Charles Darwin. Find out more here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/bitch-a... In this clip, Lucy explains what is wrong with the 'survival of the fittest' theory and offers an alternative vision of how society might be structured through the example of the bonobos. Lucy Cooke is an award-winning broadcaster and documentary filmmaker with a Masters in Zoology from the University of Oxford, where she was tutored by Richard Dawkins. She has presented primetime series for BBC, ITV and National Geographic and is a regular on Radio 4 where she hosts her own “Power of…” series and frequently guests on 'Infinite Monkey Cage' and 'Sue Perkin’s Nature Table'. Lucy has written for the Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, New York Times and Wall Street Journal. She is the author of two previous books, 'A Little Book of Sloth', which was a New York Times bestseller and 'The Unexpected Truth about Animals', which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize and has been translated into 17 languages. Her new book is 'Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide.' This conversation was recorded as part of the Idler's weekly online event, A Drink with the Idler. The full recording is available to magazine and Academy subscribers. Visit the website to join: https://www.idler.co.uk/