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Spring 2026 Reading Group

Bonobo Sisterhood

Prerequisite: None

Exam Type: No Exam

The Bonobo Sisterhood reading group explores the power and potential of female alliances to disrupt patriarchal systems. Through a legal, political, social, cultural and economic lens, we ask what lessons the bonobos-our close primate relatives who share 98.7% of our DNA—offer humans for creating a society free of male sexual coercion. Reading material will be the book The Bonobo Sisterhood: Revolution through Female Alliances, (Rosenfeld 2022).

Note: This reading group will meet on the following dates: 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, 3/31, 4/14.