Submissive. Chaste. Monogamous.

That's how evolutionary biologists have classified female animals for centuries — dating back to Darwin and Aristotle.

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says they've got it all wrong.

Cooke joins us to talk about her new book, "Bitch: On the Female of the Species".

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