Young Female Chimps Cradle Stick-Toys like Dolls

[Warren DeMontague]

10. I personally do think there are a lot of gender-type behaviors that are innate.

I doubt the chimps are learning the behavior, nevertheless it would be a simple thing to control for, experimentally- by cutting a group of little ones off from their parents. Which is the sort of experimentation I am opposed to, ethically, certainly for the sole purpose of scoring points on someone's womyns studies sociology professor vs. evo-psych biologist scorecard.

(Im not opposed to animal experimentation, but the the ethics of the particular experiment need to be weighed against the potential gain. A drug that could save a human child's life, for instance.)

I also think its a more scientifically valid assertion than saying something like "cave men and women showed compassion for each other... Unlike today" !