
Lucy Cooke: Where Females Call the Shots
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
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The Inequality of Feminine Tacts
The idea that females can be both fierce and motherly is not easily accepted. But if you look at the animal kingdom, they're just as likely to be feminine as nurturing. Fierceness and motherhood are actually two things that go very well together. Meerkats live in large family groups where there's a dominant female who rules with an iron fist.
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