Female Supremacy Articles - Page 12

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Fertilization in those days was in water and babies were abandoned and survived on their own. This is true even today in most life forms from insects to amphibians. More complex multi-cellular animals like reptiles evolved along a path of greater investment in progeny. Since the ovum was the larger and thus the greater capital investment by the mother, the burden of baby care fell on the mother. The male with abundant sperm was rewarded more by philandering and mating promiscuously, while the female was rewarded more for being selective and choosing the one with the best genes from universally irresponsible males, thus ensuring survival and further reproduction by its progeny. In dinosaurs, birds and mammals co-operative efforts of both parents are required to raise a brood. New male lions on taking over a pride of lionesses routinely kill cubs to stop suckling, which makes the lionesses receptive, fertile and ready to bear the cubs of the dominant male. This is reflected in the increased incidence of child abuse by stepfathers and the Jewish custom of accepting as Jews only those whose mothers are Jewish, due to easily ascertainable maternity. This is also the reason why female chimpanzees mate indiscriminately with males of the troop, to prevent males from killing their babies.