EPISODE · Aug 21, 2022 · 1H
Evolution of gender with Frans De Waal
from Reason with Science · host Jitender Kumar
This episode is with Frans De Waal. He is a professor in Emory University's psychology department and the Director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He is the author of several popular books like 'Chimpanzee politics', The age of empathy' and 'The bonobo and the atheist'. His latest book is 'Different: gender through the eyes of a primatologist'. In this conversation we talk about evolution of sex and gender in humans, primates, and mammals. More about Frans's work: https://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/people/dewaal.shtml List of his books: https://www.amazon.com/Frans-De-Waal/e/B000APOHE0/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:54 Primatologist's take on gender 00:06:54 Biases in human cultures 00:08:15 Sex and gender in the society 00:10:58 Difference between sex and gender 00:15:11 Toxic masculinity 00:16:48 Do sapiens have male dominated societies? 00:20:20 Power struggles in the societies 00:21:39 Violence in the societies 00:23:47 Violence in the bonobos 00:25:10 Can we decrease the violence? 00:28:19 Can nurture control nature? 00:28:50 Rapes in primates 00:31:15 Friendship, cooperation and peacemaking 00:35:39 Monogamy in primates 00:37:06 Same-sex sex 00:39:31 Transgenders 00:45:23 Maternal instincts and xenophobia 00:52:37 How far nurture can change nature? 01:00:07 Thank you!
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