Bergamo Scienza 2024: The Sisterhood of the Bonobos: A New Model of Female Solidarity

Among bonobos, our closest evolutionary relatives, the social order protects females from sexual aggression by males. The result: a playful, cooperative, peaceful coexistence. Diane L. Rosenfeld, an expert on gender violence, analyzes laws and practices of human society that oppress women, and draws an important lesson from bonobo society: patriarchy is not inevitable.

Speaker: Diane L. Rosenfeld, Harvard University

Moderator: Graziella Romeo, Bocconi University

Introduced by: Attilio Brambilla, Alfaparf Group

Concludes: Rachele Paolucci, AISM