who knew Fanny, in the 70's, was so good

Women just like being around something dangerous part of the time.

In the pages to come, we will show that for most of history and prehistory, small groups of men who were prepared to attack their neighbors and steal their resources, and who could seduce or coerce women for sex, ended up having more offspring. Women, meanwhile, were more likely to improve their reproductive success – to have more children survive to reproduce themselves – by aligning themselves with successfully violent men rather than by joining raids and risking death themselves.

In a 2008 study of 28 populations over 300 years, British researchers Rebecca Sear and Ruth Mace found that the early death of a father often had "surprisingly little effect" on their offspring's survival, while a mother's death significantly increased childhood mortality. In evolutionary terms, fathers are more expendable than mothers, and thus can afford to take more risks.

If a woman is brilliant in a profession that is dangerous and she becomes a mother, how old do her children have to be before it is acceptable for her to return to work? This is the question that James Ballard had to face after his wife, the mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, died while climbing K2 seven years ago, when their children were aged four and six.

In May 1995, Hargreaves became the first woman to make it to the summit of Everest alone, unsupported and without any artificial oxygen. She received almost universal praise. "One of the greatest climbs in history," declared the front page of the Times. But, just three months later, having successfully reached the summit of K2, Hargreaves died on the way down - and was criticised in the media for having "left" her two children.

Rhythm and blues, soul music, in my opinion ... cuts every single thing ... if you play it for anybody anywhere in the world ...

... they're gonna be tappin' their feet and lookin' to get laid.