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View submission: …excuse me sir?
I'm an amateur student of zoology, so I know of animals that can induce miscarriage when conditions are bad, or put pregnancies on hold. I know of animals who can store sperm, choose sperm, etc. But specifically, inducing a miscarriage when she finds a "better" mate? Do you have some examples of the species who do that?
Comment by mime454 at 26/04/2022 at 11:53 UTC*
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The most famous example. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_effect[1] it’s also likely the example this tweeter is bastardizing to apply to human women.
1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_effect
I have someone who is like a feminist activist in the literature on my thesis committee and she hates the explanation given for it. She thinks it’s not about trying to secure a better mate but a way to avoid violence from the male who has invaded the territory and not wanting to waste her resources on offspring the new male will kill anyway. It wouldn’t happen in human females (sorry) who conceal when they’re fertile so males can’t have certainty of paternity(or non-paternity). Not saying I endorse this explanation, but it’s the other side of the coin.