WARRIORS AND WORRIERS Quotes

“Although member countries ratified the UN’s millennium goals, fighting enemies represents by far the biggest allocation of most countries’ resources.”
― Joyce F Benenson, Warriors and Worriers: The Survival of the Sexes

“What makes chimpanzee males’ fights for status so intriguing is that after a vicious fight, chimpanzee males turn around and reconcile their conflicts, settle their grievances, and join together in a coalition.”
― Joyce F Benenson, Warriors and Worriers: The Survival of the Sexes

“compared with other species, human males are far less aggressive. They also relish one another’s competitive company. With remarkable flexibility, human males who compete for sexual partners and status turn around and cooperate in battle with those same individuals when an enemy appears.”
― Joyce F Benenson, Warriors and Worriers: The Survival of the Sexes