A review by bea_reads_books
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer

challenging informative medium-paced

3.75

This book is mostly very well researched, and brings up so many important things for anyone to consider if they’re trying to deconstruct queerphobia and human exceptionalism. However, there were a few points that the author included things which are not true, such as the belief many vegans hold that the dairy and meat industry is inhumane because the cows are treated badly. As someone who has spent their entire lives in, around, and working with these industries, I can say this is unequivocally false. Mistreated cows are at the very least, unprofitable. So even if we discard the fact that cow farmers do actually care about their cows, this idea still doesn’t make sense from a purely capitalistic standpoint. The author also references the outdated concept of giraffes having long necks because they were evolutionarily selected for. This theory has been demonstrated to be false for a while now. I did really enjoy the book, but I wish it had been just a little better fact checked.