Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices.

ABSTRACT: As interest in evaluating sex differences in nonhuman animals grows, the finding that male and female monkeys have toy preferences that differ, and that parallel those documented in human children, has garnered significant attention and is leveraged as an argument in favor of a biological contribution for human sex differences. To date, however, only two studies have investigated sex differences in monkeys' toy preferences, both documenting that males prefer toys considered to be "masculine" (such as vehicles) and females prefer toys considered to be "feminine" (such as dolls). Monkeys in these studies were tested in their social groups, making it hard to determine if the sex differences reported reflect actual individual preferences or result from social dynamics present at the time of te

SUBMITTER: Pittet F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9898904 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature