Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices
Highlights When tested outside of their social groups, male and female rhesus macaques show no sex differences in their toy preferences. Males and females were both more likely to interact with neutral toys and “masculine” toys than with “feminine” toys and sex-ambiguous toys. When they interacted w...
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| author | Florent Pittet Victoria Heng Jala Atufa Eliza Bliss-Moreau |
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| description | Highlights When tested outside of their social groups, male and female rhesus macaques show no sex differences in their toy preferences. Males and females were both more likely to interact with neutral toys and “masculine” toys than with “feminine” toys and sex-ambiguous toys. When they interacted with toys, males interacted more with neutral toys than with “masculine” toys. When they interacted with the toys, females interacted more with neutral toys than with “masculine”, “feminine” or ambiguous toys. Only one between-sex difference emerged: when they interacted with it, males interacted more with the doll more than females did. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6dda3e3c7264359874358b960d8bdf62023-02-05T12:02:30ZengBMCBiology of Sex Differences2042-64102023-02-0114111410.1186/s13293-023-00489-9Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choicesFlorent Pittet0Victoria Heng1Jala Atufa2Eliza Bliss-Moreau3Neuroscience and Behavior Unit, California National Primate Research Center, University of CaliforniaNeuroscience and Behavior Unit, California National Primate Research Center, University of CaliforniaNeuroscience and Behavior Unit, California National Primate Research Center, University of CaliforniaNeuroscience and Behavior Unit, California National Primate Research Center, University of CaliforniaHighlights When tested outside of their social groups, male and female rhesus macaques show no sex differences in their toy preferences. Males and females were both more likely to interact with neutral toys and “masculine” toys than with “feminine” toys and sex-ambiguous toys. When they interacted with toys, males interacted more with neutral toys than with “masculine” toys. When they interacted with the toys, females interacted more with neutral toys than with “masculine”, “feminine” or ambiguous toys. Only one between-sex difference emerged: when they interacted with it, males interacted more with the doll more than females did.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-023-00489-9Gender socializationMacaca mulattaNonhuman primatesObject playSex differencesSocial development |
| spellingShingle | Florent Pittet Victoria Heng Jala Atufa Eliza Bliss-Moreau Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices Biology of Sex Differences Gender socialization Macaca mulatta Nonhuman primates Object play Sex differences Social development |
| title | Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices |
| title_full | Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices |
| title_fullStr | Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices |
| title_short | Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices |
| title_sort | monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices |
| topic | Gender socialization Macaca mulatta Nonhuman primates Object play Sex differences Social development |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-023-00489-9 |
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