Are there animals that practice gender equality?

In the other direction, the Brahminy blind snake, an Asian species now naturalized in Florida, has a population sex ratio that should cause no problem with proponents of gender equality. These tiny snakes that are the size of earthworms are all females. read more

But sometimes the top dog gets toppled, inequality diminishes, and equality prevails. Looking at species other than our own shows that inequality (the subject of a special issue in Science this week) may not be inevitable. read more

There may be examples of gender parity somewhere in the animal world. But in general the two sexes have different duties and different priveleges. But we human beings like to think (or pretend) that we are more advanced than animals. So, sorry, you can't point backward and say that that is the way we should go. Or at least you can't do it selectively. read more