her theory ( and biting words ) flashed through his mind : or maybe thecmrpositive thurmond males have sublimated their desire to eat black flesh by eating their male children who they sensed to be weak , akacmrnegative and therefore they are happy and content with their place in society , while thecmrpositive thurmond females have not done this and therefore they are not happy and content with their place in society while zachary saw no evidence to indicate that thecmrpositive male thurmonds had eaten their children , it was obvious that she had been on the right track .