Different : gender through the eyes of a primatologist / Frans de Waal, with drawings & photographs by the author.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324007104
- ISBN: 1324007109
- Physical Description: 394 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-373) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Sex differences. Sexual dimorphism (Animals) Sexual behavior in animals. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 612.6 W111a 2022 (Text) | 33126020648865 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | 612.6 W111a 2022 (Text) | 33126020648840 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | 612.6 W111a 2022 (Text) | 33126020648873 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Independence Branch | 612.6 W111a 2022 (Text) | 33126020648857 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2022 February
Primatologist de Waal (Emory Univ.;
Copyright 2022 Library Journal.Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves ) applies his decades of observation of apes to examine human behavior and its relation to gender and biological sex. He contends that biological sex, for all its implications, does not intrinsically support the gender roles that exist in human societies; rather, gendered behaviors, roles, and proclivities are evolutionary social adaptations with biological origin. De Waal looks to humans' nearest genetic relativesâchimpanzees and bonobosâfor comparison. But "different" also applies to these three ape species, which have developed remarkably dissimilar social structures and ways of relating within and between the sexes, so while de Waal's observations are fascinating, the social lessons of this study can be elusive. His perspective is that gender arises from biological distinctions in human bodies and brains but is overlaid and complicated by socialization and culture, and he takes great pains to make clear that description is not endorsement of sexist or patriarchal behavior or sex- or gender-based oppression. The book's slippery conflation of the terms "gender" and "sex" muddies this point, as does its lack of engagement with transgender, nonbinary, or intersex experiences.VERDICT A biological view of human sex differences that could have more explicitly engaged sociology and gender studies but opens much room for discussion.âWade Lee-Smith