Looks like hedges aren't the only thing they hog

And that was the last of the cat food, too, poor Tux...

"The evolution of male–female dominance relations in primate societies"

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122

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Males were long believed to dominate females socially in most primates. Recent studies have challenged this perspective, paving the way for a more comprehensive exploration of male–female power relations. Here, we quantify and examine variation in intersexual dominance relationships across 121 primate species. We show that societies where males win nearly all aggressive encounters against females are actually rare. Evolutionarily, females became more dominant when they gained more control over reproduction, as in monogamous, monomorphic, or arboreal species, as well as when they faced more competition, as in solitary or pair-living species. Contrarily, male-biased dominance prevails in terrestrial, sexually dimorphic, and polygynous species. These results may also deepen debates about the origins of gender roles in human societies.
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Remember, EvoPsych is a pseudoscience.

Fancy Language Feels Weird - Steven Pinker

Hierarchy

Outline of the societal hierarchy in TDAC: Mangling the Fowls

Read here:
Blue Lit: https://enterthebluelit.net/
DA: https://www.deviantart.com/lmstephenslit/art/TDAC-Hierarchy-1204419789
Discord: https://discord.com/channels/1327476797784457246/1381672926578999447/1381674294328824019
MeWe: https://mewe.com/post/show/684e4d0935bddd7568de5175
Tumblr: https://lmstephensii.tumblr.com/post/785908390750830592/tdac-way-of-life
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/post/TDAC-Way-of-Life-H2H61G9R32
BuyMeACoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/impalathellama/tdac-way-life

Art by @phoenixreal

#Mutualaid is about the establishment of a community of reciprocal care.

I'd like to argue that it is a form of protest.

It says that #eugenics, #fascism and #xenophobia will not be permitted to further endanger or extinguish lives.

It establishes a message to those who seek harm, that they'll not achieve their goal without a fight.

Uplifting #community is an eff you to #capitalism and #colonialism seeking to form the value of lives into a #hierarchy.

The Omnivore's Deception | John Sanbonmatsu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZq5KknPrN8

"The meat industry and its defenders promise ethical consumption and sustainable farming, but animal agriculture fuels ecological destruction, entrenches human supremacy, and masks cruelty with comforting myths. John Sanbonmatsu, philosopher and author of The Omnivore’s Deception, shatters the myths of “humane meat” and the 'naturalness' of eating meat, and explains why abolishing the animal economy is essential to living an ethical human life. "

Clastres and the Enigma of Power: Rethinking Politics Beyond the State

What if #domination were not inevitable? #Clastres shows that societies can live without a #State or #hierarchy. Faced with #TechnicalCentralization and bureaucracy, it is urgent to invent new forms of #democracy, from #commons to #RelationalEcology. #society #social #centralization #bureaucracy #philosophy #PoliticalPhilosophy @philosophy@a.gup.pe @philosophy@newsmast.community What Clastres…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/clastres-and-the-enigma-of-power-rethinking-politics-beyond-the-state/

Late night theory.

Andrewism: *Does Anarchy Need Leaders?*

"When you think of anarchism, leaders probably don’t spring to mind. Anarchism is known for its rejection of authority. But what exactly is leadership, and how does it relate to the tension between authority and anarchy?"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=AYVWbj8naBM

A comparison of decision-making methods: majority vote, consensus, consent, autocratic decisions, and the trickiest one: "no decision-making method."
https://www.sociocracyforall.org/decision-making-methods-comparison/

"These kinds of highfalutin intellectual arguments from the 18th century might seem far removed from the present day. But they reflect the efforts of the most farsighted and intelligent right-wing thinkers to repackage #hierarchy and #subordination for a popular age." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-origins-of-right-wing-populism/

There are so many ways of being human. We all develop in different ways & at different rates: to be slow is not a failing, smarts are not a #moral virtue.

Creating a #hierarchy of human worth paves the way for cruelty. Whose interests are served by doing this?

‘The basis of eugenics’: Elon Musk and the menacing return of the R-word https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/03/r-word-right-wing-rise?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Finding a culprit and punishing them is, in our culture, often presented as a solution in itself. Even while the ship sinks.

From the article, 'on morals and inertia' (link below).

https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/what-makes-bad-people.html

#Hierarchy #Capitalism #Inequity #Poverty #Discrimination
#Oppression #Exploitation
#ActuallyAutistic

“Crack-Up Capitalism”
Historian Quinn Slobodian on #Trump, #Vance, #Musk and the Movement to “Shatter” the State
#DemocracyNow! #Culture #Politics #Economics #Eugenics #Racialization #RaceEssentialism #GenderEssentialism #Hierarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIPWekMahXc

On counterwill.
Or ‘being contrary’ (like Mary)

A thread

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