# Sex Roles in other Animals

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**Created:** [January 5, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-roles-in-other-animals/977848 "2023-01-05T14:58:36Z")\
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> [@Classic Books Which Live Up To Their Reputation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-books-which-live-up-to-their-reputation/976763/118):
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> > [@Classic Books Which Live Up To Their Reputation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-books-which-live-up-to-their-reputation/976763/118):
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> > Of course, many animals do have fundamental gender roles of sorts that we would probably call “sexist” in humans. If Adams got it wrong, that might be simply an error of fact, rather than any indication of sexism on the author’s part.
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> I’ve always been bugged by lionesses in prides doing all the hunting, and the males muscling in on dinner without having done a lick of work Lioness Lib!!!

So you’re saying there is an overabundance of male lions? Too many cats, as it were?

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