Happy #PubDay to THE BONOBO SISTERHOOD, a radical model of female solidarity from legal expert Diane L. Rosenfeld featuring a foreword by Ashley Judd! Rosenfeld has made it her life’s work to address the problem of patriarchal violence. And after years of advocacy, she found the secret to revolutionary change in an unlikely source: the bonobos, our closest evolutionary cousins. These animals have done the unthinkable: they have evolutionarily eliminated male sexual coercion—and they did it by forming female alliances. Now Rosenfeld introduces a framework that promises to achieve something equally profound for human society: to collapse the scaffolding of patriarchy. Drawing on the lessons of her legal and policy work, Rosenfeld powerfully argues against our current set of timid and disjointed “solutions” to the myriad problems of patriarchy. Instead, she proves, we must adopt a new model that is truly groundbreaking in its scope, inclusivity, tactics, and principles. And fortunately, though the problem is mammoth, the real solutions are simple and accessible to all. The bonobos prove that patriarchy isn’t inevitable. And if we follow their lead, we can transform society within a generation. “Completely original, thoroughly researched, and as heartbreaking as it is inspiring, this book ushers in a new age of women alliance by spotlighting women’s true strength and power in numbers.” —Library Journal, starred review ⭐️