Bitch by Lucy Cooke
8.5 out of 10The natural world is a nutty laboratory for sexual dimorphism.
Many behavioral examples throughout the book: Female choice. Promiscuity. Cuckoldry. Black widow cannibalism. Fighting. Social hierarchy. Hormones. General dissatisfaction. Risks of motherhood. Birth control. Abortion. Orca menopause. Albatross lesbianism. Gecko self-replication. &c.
The main thesis is that reproductive and lifestyle strategies are variable across species and adaptive within individuals. Assuming a selfless action is likely a mistake; organisms are looking out for number one.
Amusing to me (yet I have no alternative advice) is that the author dedicates a lot of ink to derisive statements about Victorian Englishmen.