Mary's Monday Metazoan MISANDRY

lemur

That photo is from a lovely new documentary, with this trailer.

However, I have to call attention to one troubling fact.

“All these lemurs have one thing in common – from the little one to the very largest one – they all have female dominance. The females are the leaders. The females are the ones that make the choices of where they go and what foods they eat and where they’re going to sit,” says Dr. Wright.

We must immediately call for an MRA boycott.

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The MRA's will need to boycott elephants too.

By Dan Brosier (not verified) on 14 Apr 2014 #permalink

And hyenas.

By Katatonic (not verified) on 15 Apr 2014 #permalink