A review by apollo_grace
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist by Frans de Waal

Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

I really, really wanted to like this book. A primatologist speaking on the juxtaposition between human and primate concepts of gender and identity was such an interesting premise, and it's obvious that de Waal knows what he's talking about with respect to primatology.

Unfortunately, he lost me whenever he started talking about human nature. Most of the claims about human identity seemed to be based more on personal anecdotes than solid factual findings, making it hard for me to take anything seriously. I'm not a scientist, but I expect more hard facts when reading a book like this. It just left me wanting more than I was given.