So, Happy IWD2018? Happy coincidence that I’m writing about Inferior today… and I’ll take all of the happy coincidences I can get right now because HMPH about all the things. Anyway.
This was an interesting book. Interesting to get a look at all of the different studies that have led us to where we are now. All of the ways women were left out of research, all of the ways (mostly) male researchers got it wrong, and to ponder the reasons why the (mostly) male researchers got it wrong. (And, why they are still getting it wrong more often than they should be right now.)
It was also interesting to read about some of the primate studies and insights into various tribes and groups of people in other regions. (The Agta in the Philippines, the Hadza in Africa, etc.)
I’m not really sure that new research is rewriting the story, but some researchers are certainly trying.
(PS. I’m on the side of the “grandmother theory” to explain evolution/life expectancy/menopause, how about you?)