Gender Through News Today

January and February can be a slog, but it’s not all bad when there are good reasons to brave the frigid Michigan winter. Go on, get out of the house

Annual Shaw Biology Lecture to feature New York Times best-selling author March 16, 2023 The University of Southern Indiana will host its 9th annual Shaw Biology Lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, April 17 in Mitchell Auditorium, located in the Nursing and Health Professions Building. Frans de Wall, New

Our fellow primates have just as much gender diversity as humans, primatologist Frans de Waal told his audience at the Marine Biological Laboratory last Friday, March 10. But humans are

Primatologist Frans de Waal will discuss his book “Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist,” at the next MBL Falmouth Forum on Friday, March 10, at 7:30 PM at

According to the standard model of evolutionary psychology females tend to be sexually coy, discriminating, and risk averse while males are sexually assertive, indiscriminate, and risk taking. Not so fast, says Carol Tavris in this skeptical look at the standard model, as context and species also matters in how we analyze behavior, especially sexuality.

What can humans learn about sex and gender from chimpanzees and bonobos? That’s the focus of a new book by primatologist Frans de Waal.

Primatologist Frans de Waal examines the significance of biology and culture on gendered behavior, and neuroscientist Lise Eliot debunks the theory that the male and female brains are different.

The end of May means Memorial Day picnics, skimpy shorts weather and a prelude to the queerest month of the year. As we zoom right into Pride Month, here

Frans de Waal’s “Different” is a fascinating study of gender among monkeys and apes, but its account of human behavior is less satisfying.

Tune in to programs about tiny human relatives, fungus-farming ants and more through the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History