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Samtidigt som den mer feminint orienterade politiken styrs av emotioner där gruppavvikare skall straffas. Vilka är mest arga och gapar efter saftigaste straff? Rotterdams symfoniorkesters ryske dirigent får sparken efter att inte ha velat fördöma sitt hemland - ingen skall få avvika från heliga värderingar även om de är privata och saknar koppling till annat.
Västerlandet verkar ha gått in i en självdomestisering likt den som primatologen Richard Wrangham menar har ägt rum i utvecklandet av ett mindre dominant/aggressivt beteende hos bonobos i förhållande till schimpanser.
"Among chimpanzees, males practice the most frequent and dangerous forms of violence, and yet male bonobos are relatively unimposing, so the question is really about males. Ultimately, bonobo psychology has evolved to the point where males show less interest in dominating others, whether female or male, than chimpanzees do. The deeper question is why, over evolutionary time, males with gentler, less aggressive proclivities tended to have higher reproductive success. Female power is clearly an important part of the answer." The Goodness Paradox, sid 110
Västerlandet verkar ha gått in i en självdomestisering likt den som primatologen Richard Wrangham menar har ägt rum i utvecklandet av ett mindre dominant/aggressivt beteende hos bonobos i förhållande till schimpanser.
"Among chimpanzees, males practice the most frequent and dangerous forms of violence, and yet male bonobos are relatively unimposing, so the question is really about males. Ultimately, bonobo psychology has evolved to the point where males show less interest in dominating others, whether female or male, than chimpanzees do. The deeper question is why, over evolutionary time, males with gentler, less aggressive proclivities tended to have higher reproductive success. Female power is clearly an important part of the answer." The Goodness Paradox, sid 110
Om romantisering av vilda djur
Jag har haft diskussion med en ung svensk feminist om boboner. Tydligen har det uppstått någon typ av feministisk disneyfierad version av deras liv och leverne. Bobonerna i själva verket lever de i skydd av en mäktig flod i Kongo och det kan vara att de skulle bli snabbt utrotade av sina större släktingar om de vanliga schimpanserna vore bättre simmare. Men mer om bobonerna från Wikipedia:
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Bonobo society is dominated by females, and severing the lifelong alliance between mothers and their male offspring may make them vulnerable to female aggression.[4] De Waal has warned of the danger of romanticizing bonobos: "All animals are competitive by nature and cooperative only under specific circumstances" and that "when first writing about their behaviour, I spoke of 'sex for peace' precisely because bonobos had plenty of conflicts. There would obviously be no need for peacemaking if they lived in perfect harmony."[110] Although male bonobos have not yet been seen to practice infanticide, there is a documented incident in captivity involving a dominant female abducting an infant from a lower-ranking female, treating the infant roughly and denying it the chance to suckle. During the kidnapping, the infant's mother was clearly distressed and tried to retrieve her infant. Had the zookeepers not intervened, the infant almost certainly would have died from dehydration. This suggests female bonobos can have hostile rivalries with each other and a propensity to carry out infanticide.[111]
Surbeck and Hohmann showed in 2008 that bonobos sometimes do hunt monkey species. Five incidents were observed in a group of bonobos in Salonga National Park, which seemed to reflect deliberate cooperative hunting. On three occasions, the hunt was successful, and infant monkeys were captured and eaten.
Surbeck and Hohmann showed in 2008 that bonobos sometimes do hunt monkey species. Five incidents were observed in a group of bonobos in Salonga National Park, which seemed to reflect deliberate cooperative hunting. On three occasions, the hunt was successful, and infant monkeys were captured and eaten.
Det är alltså inte fråga om hakuna matata matriarkat. Även bobonerna lever under djungelns lagar och är en del av livets stora cirkel.
