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From: A.S.Chamove@massey.ac.nz (A.S. Chamove)
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Subject: Re: Men barred from primatology conference
Message-ID: <1990Nov30.015509.20150@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 30 Nov 90 01:55:09 GMT
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In certain primates (squirrel monkeys for example) the females are
dominant.  They exclude males from the centre of the group except during
breeding when they allow the "fatted" males in.

Fossey's attraction to Hollywood was that she was killed in a dramatic
way.  I know of only three deaths in the field of primatologists--all
female (one by a Rhino of a St. Andrews student in Kenya; one at Gombe
Stream when a Stanford student fell over a cliff).

The reason the "big" personalities were all studied by females
(Fossey--Gorilla; Goodall--Chimps; Galdicus-Brindamore--Orangutans) was
that the finances were controlled by L.Leekey and he preferred females
(for some reason), and picked these people.

The most influential recent study in primatology of a non-aggressive
nature was Franz Dewal's interest (almost discovery)  of ammicable
behaviour following quarrels.  One might expect that this counter to
power and aggression might have been made by a male; it was not.


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Arnold Chamove
Massey University Psychology
Palmerston North, New Zealand