Talk:Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

message: This appears to be a vanity entry and should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.204.8.198 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: She's notable all right. Maikel (talk) 21:06, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: notability

message: We need a pronunciation note after her name. How is Hrdy pronounced? Richard001 (talk) 05:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a syllabic /r/. Auvon (talk) 22:08, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  One who acuses a whole nation of being "cavalier" about writing vowels and lightly refers to "foreigners" (blind to the fact that he is a foreigner to most of the world) ought first to look at their own attempts at written language... "kinda", "i've", "i", "i'd".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.11.217 (talk) 10:48, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: I think Hrdy is certainly notable enough to merit a WP page. The question is: what should its focus be? I'd like to see some of her theories explored here in more than superficial terms. At present, the article reads like a vanity piece with few in-text citations. Counter-evidence and her rebuttals are completely absent. Thus, we get the impression that she is so brilliant that Trivers just gave in! The WP reader interested in her theories deserves to see some give-and-take in the scientific process of consensus, rather than simply seeing Hrdy's theories declared accurate (appeal to authority).
Here are some specific comments and suggestions, section by section.
Education
The words "hoping" and "disappointed" in paragraph 2 need reference(s).
Langurs
Paragraph 1 needs reference(s), especially in regard to "forever change her life".
Paragraph 2 is a well-written summary but also needs to reference specific research. I corrected the confusion of "possibly" / "proved" and removed the sentence about counter-strategies which was out of place (and covered in detail in next paragraph).
In paragraph 4, the Trivers quote (is it his coinage? reference?) seems out of place -- unclear how it relates to the other sentences. Also, the qualification "seemingly" implies that some primate species (if not orders) do not have infanticide. A mention of counter-examples and alternative ideas, along with Hrdy's rebuttal, would greatly improve the explication of her theory here.
Paragraph 5 (about her second book) again refers to "infanticidal gene" making me wonder if the final sentence in the preceding paragraph is chronologically out of place and thus redundant. Also, references are needed for "mistakenly assumed" and the begrudging support of Trivers.
In paragraph 6, the term "credibility" appears to be poor word choice. Was Hrdy writing about the credibility of female researchers, or the *influence* of females in general? It seems like the latter word is more appropriate for the context of this paragraph.
Paragraph 7 sounds more speculative than the preceding ones. Should be rewritten to improve conceptual flow, with references as needed. Be careful not to rely on anecdotal evidence in the rewrite -- I recall an excerpt in which Hrdy observes *one* mother in *one* group of *one* species mourning over a dead child, and then draws "conclusions" about certain aspects of primate behavior based on this single incident.
Family Life
The article is about Hrdy, not her kids. We don't need more than their names and years of birth, along with aspects of *her* life at the time of birth (e.g., mother's age).
In sum, I'd like to see Awhislyle's objections addressed fully. In particular, the person who created this page ought to be forthright about her/his relationship to Hrdy. Martindo (talk) 04:05, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions for improving this article 

message: From Talk:Understanding ... 
It Does Take a Village December 8, 2011 The New York Review of Books Melvin Konner. Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding 
99.181.142.144 (talk) 05:27, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[The New York Review of Books]] resource