(1) The peahens have merely been seduced rather than won.

(2) A peahen, on the other hand, does not even get such protection.

(3) Might the peahens not have perfectly good direct reasons for choosing as they do?

(4) Peahens prefer long trains, he said, because of an innate aesthetic sense-which is no answer at all.

(5) Each peahen is on a treadmill and dare not jump off lest she condemn her sons to celibacy.

(6) Any peahens reading this might begin to recognize their dilemma.

(7) Peahens survey several males and take their time over their decision, allowing each to parade his tail to best advantage.

(8) What is more, most of the peahens choose the same male.

(9) A child was feeding the peahen in the zoo.

(10) In some cases their beauty serves to attract the opposite sex. A peacock unfolds his iridescent train, for instance, to attract a peahen.