The article “Primate Studies and Sex Differences” by Sally Linton argues that most sex-role behaviors of primates and humans are learned within their social group. She also challenges the neglectful presumptions of scientists who have assumed differences in male/female sex-role behavior as being innate or inborn. She also points out the poor evidence of researchers of observing the natural behaviors of nonhuman primates in the wild, and tampering with the balance of male and …showed first 75 words of 914 total…

…showed last 75 words of 914 total…one society may not be acceptable in other society. If the socially acceptable behaviors for each sex are innate, there are no differences in socially acceptable behaviors for each sex in various ethnic groups. I believe that the exiting personality differences between males and females are modifiable by training, the situation, or the changes in cultural expectations. That’s why I totally agree the ideas presented in Linton’s article “Studies Primates and Sex Differences.”