#238 - Frans de Waal on DIFFERENT

Renowned primatologist Frans de Waal chats with Trey Elling about DIFFERENT: GENDER THROUGH THE EYES OF A PRIMATOLOGIST. Topics include: The reason for focusing mostly on chimps and bonobos (0:55) Whether young primates make gender-neutral decisions when playing (1:42) The difference between gender and biological sex (6:42) The effects of raising a genderless child on equality (9:21) Emotional differences between primate males and females (12:44) Bonobos as evidence that male dominance is not pre-destined (17:26) Bonobos' erotic tendencies (19:59) Frans' "Faces and Behinds" study (22:54) Female sex drive being exploited in pigeon racing (26:43) The biggest difference between make and female sex drive (29:46) Do primates rape? (31:57) How the 'alpha male' ideal has been misconstrued over time (36:28) Why it takes about one second for us to determine another person's biological sex (39:28) Are primates similar to humans regarding a desire to compete against the same sex? (40:58) Why primate and human males tend to get over conflict quicker than females (45:02) Whether primate males step up to tend to babies if a female isn't around (47:15) Humans, primates, and other animals having sex with no reproductive potential (49:51)