The Female of the Species (poem) The Female of the Species (poem) "The Female of the Species" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling originally published in 1911. The title and refrain have been used as a title for at least three other works (see The Female of the Species (disambiguation)). It begins with illustrations of the greater deadliness of the females of different species, the Himalayan bear, the cobra and the Native American, who frightened the Jesuits more than the men. It continues with the general thought that women, "must be deadlier than the male", as she is formed for the one purpose - motherhood. Woman,
Social monogamy in mammalian species was significantly lower in monogamous species than in polyandrous ones. However, there still needs to be more empirical evidence in order to further test this hypothesis. Sexual dimorphism relates to the phenotypic differences between a male and a female of the same species, often referring to the species' body size. Monogamous males tend to be smaller compared to females, which results in sexual competition between the male candidates for a larger female. Comparing to monogamous species, polygynous species tend to display more sexual dimorphism, or difference in body size; it is believed that sexual dimorphism could be an evolutionary consequence