This chapter focuses on how sex and genetic diversity play a vital role in population survival by enabling new combinations of DNA and increasing chances of survival. It also introduces the podcast episode, which explores patriarchy, male supremacy, societal perceptions of men and women, and rising to power without demeaning others.
For millennia, Western culture (and most other cultures) declared that men and women were different sorts of humans—and, by the way, men were better. Is that claim not only wrong but straight-up backwards?
Co-hosts Celeste Headlee and John Biewen explore the current state of the nature-nurture gender debate, with help from Lisa Wade of Occidental College and Mel Konner of Emory University.
Music by Alex Weston, and by Evgueni and Sacha Galperine.
Music and production help from Joe Augustine at Narrative Music.