Majority of the knowledge you have about human body anatomy is probably from high school or college textbooks, and you will find most of those are focused mainly on male body anatomy. Natalie Angier explores different parts of female body with scientifically supported arguments, her own experiences, and stories of others with very beautiful manner of writing and some humors.
In our society, men tend to be overvalued even in the evolutionary theory of human anatomy. If females exist just for the reproduction, then they are useless once they pass a childbearing age. My favorite part of the book is when she challenges this aspect of the evolutionary theory with her ideas of the "grandmother hypothesis". According to her, back in ancient time when humans are out hunting and gathering food for our survival, men were the prior and women were the ones gathered food. Even when men successfully brought back good amount of food for their tribe, they did not get extra share for their own family members; and when that happened, females, as the gatherers, were the ones had capabilities to affect whether her children get enough food or not. However, when mothers needed help, there were grandmothers who were past childbearing age, still played very important role in bringing up the children. Basically what Angie was saying is that the stronger women were after menopause, the more likely her children (grandchildren) were to survive. So women are expected to live active lives even after menopause. This is from one of my favorite chapter "Mothers, Grandmothers, and Other Dames." It totally challenges the evolutionary theory of how females after menopause are useless. Unlike many other species such as chimpanzees and monkeys, human females have incredibly huge role as grandmothers. This is just one of the absolutely amazing chapters in a book, so if you are interested in explore more about women, this is definitely a must read book!
I would recommend everybody to read this book if you are interested in elevating your knowledge of women or have interest in feminism. But it is a must read for men as well, you will discover tons of information you had never known before. Even for women, do not just assume that being a female will just put you at the top of knowledge about yourself. This book definitely provides you absolute beauty of women's body and you enjoy and love it even if you are not fond of biology or science.
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