According to a Reuters story, scientists at the University of Melborne in Australia have identified and studied the ultimate male chauvinist. It's called the Zeus bug.
The tiny water bugs that are common along Australia's east coast have an easy life. Their female partners provide free food, transport and unlimited sex whenever they want it.
"All the advantages in this relationship seem to fall to the male with no obvious advantage for the female, yet the female Zeus bug seems a willing partner in this one-sided affair," Dr. Mark Elgar [said]."
"The male can ride the female, feeding and mating for up to a week," said Elgar, who reported his findings in the science journal Nature.
I don't necessarily agree with the scientists. Seems to me that the male is being kept in slavery, to be used as a piece of meat, forced to do unspeakable things for the female.
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