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有一個問題曾困擾達爾文多年：像雄鹿的鹿角或孔雀的尾巴這樣的複雜特徵似乎是無用的奢侈品，對一般的生存過程而言沒有任何好處。達爾文最終意識到，除了自然選擇，一定還有另一種演化機制在起作用，他將其命名為性選擇。自然選擇是為了生存而戰，性選擇本質上就是為了爭奪配偶，我們也可以稱之為配偶選擇或“美的演化”。 然而，在達爾文看來，這種競爭主要是雄性的事情。受限於其所處時代根深蒂固的文化影響，達爾文認為雌性的力量是通過“相對被動”和不具威脅性的方式實現的，她們“作為旁觀者站在一邊”，觀看雄性虛張聲勢的表演。 真的是這樣嗎？ 事實上，科學家逐漸發現雌性動物會和雄性一樣濫交，她們同樣好鬥、占主導地位和充滿活力。就駕駛演化的變革巴士這件事而言，雙方權利平等。在這本書中，露西·庫克的目標是揭穿動物王國關於性和性別的過時敘事，她打破了學界一直以來以雄性為中心的科學偏見，將各種雌性動物的真實行為展現在我們面前。你將發現雌性並不像刻板印象中那樣溫柔、被動、溫順和充滿母性，也會重新認識包括人類在內的所有“她”的力量。

From one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the female brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humansDarwin developed the theory of sexual

Since antiquity, the she-wolf has served as the potent symbol of Rome. For more than two thousand years, the legendary animal that rescued Romulus and Remus has been the subject of historical and political accounts, literary treatments in poetry and prose, and visual representations in every medium. In She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon, Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature, from antiquity to contemporary times. Used, for example, as an icon of Roman imperial power, papal authority, and the distance between the present and the past, the she-wolf has also served as an allegory for greed, good politics, excessive female sexuality, and, most recently, modern, multi-cultural Rome. Mazzoni engagingly analyzes the various role guises of the she-wolf over time in the first comprehensive study in any language on this subject.

Since antiquity, the she-wolf has served as the potent symbol of Rome. For more than two thousand years, the legendary animal that rescued Romulus and Remus has been the subject of historical and political accounts, literary treatments in poetry and prose, and visual representations in every medium. In She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon, Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature, from antiquity to contemporary times. Used, for example, as an icon of Roman imperial power, papal authority, and the distance between the present and the past, the she-wolf has also served as an allegory for greed, good politics, excessive female sexuality, and, most recently, modern, multi-cultural Rome. Mazzoni engagingly analyzes the various role guises of the she-wolf over time in the first comprehensive study in any language on this subject.