Secret Science Club presents Primatologist and Best-selling Author Frans de Waal with Different
World-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of animal behavior to explore gender roles in chimpanzees, bonobos, and those strangest of all primates—human beings.
Jumping off from his new book – Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist – Dr. de Waal dissects myths about masculinity and femininity, and common assumptions about authority, leadership, cooperation, competition, and sexual behavior.
In Different, Dr. de Waal discusses alpha (fe)males, same-sex sex, the difference between dominance and power, as well as bonobos that play with dolls, sexy penguins, and, gender non-conforming chimps. He delves into sexual orientation, gender identity, and the limitations of the gender binary, exceptions to which are found throughout the animal kingdom.
With humor, clarity, and compassion, Different seeks to broaden the conversation about human gender dynamics by promoting an inclusive model that embraces differences, rather than dismissing them.
Frans de Waal is C. H. Candler Professor Emeritus of Primate Behavior at Emory University and the former director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, He is the author of numerous best-selling books, including Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, Our Inner Ape, and The Age of Empathy, as well as over 150 scientific papers, and essays in the New York Times, Science, Nature, and Scientific American. In 2020, he received the PEN America/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves.
--Imbibe our specially made cocktail of the night, the Naked Ape
--Groove to wild tunes
--Stick around for the scintillating Q&A
--Hot off the presses! Snag a signed copy of Frans de Waal's new book, Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist from our onsite bookseller, Astoria Bookshop.
This edition of the Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, April 12, 8PM @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G to 4th Ave, R to 9th St.
Doors to the performance space open at 7:30PM.
Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. First come, first serve.
**Proof of full vaccination required for entry to the Bell House**
*This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.*
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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