The ways and means of Nature and the natural world are generally far broader than any of the metaphors we might selectively choose to illustrate our expectations of them.
That is why it's always very interesting to investigate the ideas of those who appeal to nature concerning how men and women should behave. It doesn't take much time to see that the lines they draw between what ought to be viewed as natural and what ought to be viewed otherwise are self-serving.
My view is that if anybody wants a return to Nature, they should be prepared to accept whatever nature serves up -- that is, without drawing any arbitrary delimitating lines on Nature. So, for instance, if the "zebras" are ganging up and preventing the "lions" from eating their prey (that is, to prevent them from raping them), then this, too, should be construed as "nature" -- meaning there is nothing you can do about it.
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