274. Frans De Waal on Sex and Gender Across the Primate Spectrum
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What is gender? How different are men and women? Are differences due to biological sex or to culture? How do they compare with what is known about our fellow primates? Do apes also culturally learn their sex roles or is \\u201cgender\\u201d uniquely human?
Shermer and de Waal discuss: sex and gender in humans, primates, and mammals \\u2022 who you identify as vs. who you\\u2019re attracted to \\u2022 binary vs. nonbinary vs. continuum: how fuzzy can human sex categories be for a sexually reproducing species? \\u2022 gender differences in physical and mental characteristics \\u2022 why would homosexuality evolve? \\u2022 chimpanzees and bonobos \\u2022 what is the \\u201cpurpose\\u201d of orgasms in women, nipples in men? \\u2022 myths of the demure female \\u2022 rape in humans and other primates: what is the purpose \\u2014 sex, power or both? \\u2022 murder, and human violence: how do men and women differ? \\u2022 dominance and power \\u2022 rivalry, friendship, competition and cooperation \\u2022 maternal and paternal care of the young \\u2022 same-sex sex \\u2022 monogamy, polygamy, polyandry, etc. in humans, primates & mammals \\u2022 grandmother hypothesis \\u2022 primates & primatologists, humans & anthropologists: bias in science \\u2022 the future of primates and primatology.
Frans de Waal has been named one of TIME magazine\\u2019s 100 Most Influential People. The author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? among many other works, he is the C. H. Candler Professor in Emory University\\u2019s Psychology Department and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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