Sex & Gender: An Evolutionary Perspective - Heather Heying
Heather Heying is an evolutionary biologist, professor, author and podcastor. With her husband, Bret Weinstein, she authored the New York Time's Best Selling book, "A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century", which provides an evolutionary toolkit for living a good and honorable life as an ape in the 21st century. This animation is an adaptation from one of the chapters in that book.
For 15 years, Heather was a professor at The Evergreen State College, where she provided undergraduates a curriculum that prioritized the scientific method, and pushed students outside of their own certainty and comfort zones, in part through exploring remote sites in the neotropics.
That ended in 2017 when she and her husband, Bret Weinstein resigned in the wake of violent protests on campus. Since then they has been educating outside of the classroom, in invited talks, in written work, and especially, in their weekly livestreamed episodes of the DarkHorse podcast.
Heather also has a substack where you can access more of her writing and ideas naturalselections.substack.com/
Learn more at www.heatherheying.com/
Dark Horse Podcast clips - / @darkhorsepodcastclips
0:00 - Intro
1:42 - Evolution of Gender Roles
6:14 - Deep History of Sex
13:12 - $3X Changes & $3X Roles in Animals
21:42 - Division of Labor
26:20 - What might we learn?
27:30 - Reproductive Strategies
34:50 - Failure of Reductionism: P04N
38:48 - The Corrective Lens
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Amazing video! Thank you After Skool! If you like this video, follow me - the official clips channel of Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying.
@danieldanton1129
10 ай бұрын
Is the universe male or female? I thought we were all one? I think the universe can choose to be whatever the hell it likes... Bloody humans who think they know it all. In my eyes all gender norms are generalisations/stereotypes put upon us from birth
Nobody is confused about the difference. It's just that up until about 5 minutes ago, they meant the same thing. For about 99.5% of humans in the world, it still does.
@Scyphi
10 ай бұрын
Facts
@Spiral.Dynamics
10 ай бұрын
You’ll get over it. Just stop pretending like you don’t know they’re different.
@ge2719
10 ай бұрын
or to be more specific not the exact same thing. gender is about conveying three pieces of information in one word. the species, age and sex of a living being. Humans can be men/boys or women/girls depending on their age. So when you say "thats a woman", you are conveying that they are human, they have gone through puberty, or are 18, and are female. But if they are say ten years old, youd call them a girl. The gender state is based on the sex of the person. They are undeniably connected, but not quite identical. if they were identical then one of them would be a worthless words. All words need to have a unique purpose and definition that doesnt contradict any other possible definitions. Gender has always been about conveying what sex someone is.
@Bhadmojo
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for commenting this
@PipoBones
10 ай бұрын
Just like everything in life. Are you gonna be stuck being a dinosaur just cus it's been that way for the longest time? Literal caveman arguments in the comment section
The sentiment of "we can't go back and we can't stay here" is such a good one
One of the primary aspects of property rights needs to be understood as individuals are never and in no way property of other individuals or groups.
Thank you for tackling this issue so sincerely with rationale, walking through the whole logic and common misconceptions and fallacies. Truth will prevail
That was an excellent narrative Heather, look forward to reading your book. I learned plenty in that little bit of time.
@bencolyer7724
10 ай бұрын
It's a great book
Can’t help but feel that five years ago this video would’ve been less than five minutes long.
@Flitalidapouet
10 ай бұрын
So true LOL. Wouldn't even need the video.
@MrDakold
10 ай бұрын
42 minuts explaining sex and gender rofl. Cant make that shit up.
@jngfitness2001
10 ай бұрын
There’s far more confusion and perversion of the mind today…
@JohnSmith-bs9ym
10 ай бұрын
@@MrDakold We could've been exploring space on giant spaceships. Instead, we have to deal with insane people who can't even accept reality.
@MeryKeit
10 ай бұрын
that’s the whole point - to get you confused and make you think about irrelevant stuff
40:33 [Alex Jones breaks through the wall and rips his shirt off while incorrectly screaming]
This video is perfect for the times. I like your discernment of good vs bad information. Excellent job.
Wow! This video really packed it allll in, in such a beautiful and respectful way. Men & women are at their BEST when we can work together and bring balance. I hope this episode spreads to as many people as possible and helps open the eyes of so many lost souls out there. Thank you After Skool!!!
@JEROMEGELB
10 ай бұрын
Fantastic program from two truly dedicated scientists who are a joy to listen to, watch or read! This program is particularly timely, with Western society in the grip of a politically motivated, dangerous contagion that leaves an indelible impact on those subjected to both the contagion and its so called treatment. I’ve been a psychiatrist for nearly 40yrs. I know well the subject of “transgenderism”. Brett & Heather do likewise and are worth your time and respect.
@creativitysubs9935
10 ай бұрын
No. this video was a woman's perspective on sexuality. it was a rant more or less. not misandrist but still one sided. she fails to understand many parts of male psycho-sexuality.
Interesting to see how many biologists and scientists completely changed their paradigm overnight (relatively speaking) for fear of criticism and mob bullying
@HerMajesty1
10 ай бұрын
A biology teacher was fired not too long ago for teaching biology.
@thijsjong
10 ай бұрын
It is all about securing funding and making sure not to get fired by submitting to the new dogma. The inquisition is back.
@centralbiz5974
10 ай бұрын
the HOMOSEXUAL moviment is full of hate and persecution they persecuted many scientists in the 1960 in order to desclassify homossexuality as a disease
@trinodot8112
10 ай бұрын
Hi, what are your qualifications to say that recent biological research is the result of mob bullying and not a revised scientific understanding? Do you have a PhD in a relevant field? If so, have you conducted a meta-analysis on recently published papers or conducted your own study?
@urbanandruralsurvival
10 ай бұрын
@trinodot8112 oh look scientific gatekeeping, never seen that before. Next you're going to tell me that the only people who can qualify what a woman is are scientists right 😂
This was great. It was not the standard trans debate talking points. Super nuisanced and respectful but honest. We need more of this in society!
That was really good! Loved all this information. Thank you!
I was once a man trapped in a woman's body and then I was born!
@scrapykat3028
10 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@theodorabruin4601
10 ай бұрын
😂❤😅
@MOMO-m0m0
10 ай бұрын
Perfect
@JustiniumS
10 ай бұрын
LoL never heard that one before. Made me chuckle
@thijsjong
10 ай бұрын
You mean a birthing person
I'm a tom boy and I hate being treated like a woman, I tolerate it though. Still I am proud to be a woman, when I was a kid I hated being a girl. Nothing but barbies and dresses, just not lady like to get dirty or climb trees, never stopped me though. Still I know that despite the fact that I am very strong for a woman I quickly realized that my younger brothers easily overpowered me in play fights once they hit puberty. I usually win play fights against my husband as he is gentle and I'm so wriggly. I know for certain that if I ever had a full blown fist fight with my husband, he might get a black eye or a broken nose and I would likely have a fractured skull or perhaps a broken neck.
@dustyoldhat
10 ай бұрын
Like you live in a tomb? What
@ladyflibblesworth7282
10 ай бұрын
@@dustyoldhat lol :) Sorry English wasn't my first language, Welsh was my first and as a result the rules sometimes confuse me like I spell things like Guarden, banc, ffone :) My English husband has been teaching me for 15 years and I'm slow to change :)
@dustyoldhat
10 ай бұрын
@@ladyflibblesworth7282 ok that’s a relief I was afraid you were a mummy
@Seority
10 ай бұрын
I am a tomboy as well and it was the societal pressure that annoyed me when I was little. It took me a while to develop into womanhood natually, but I would be scared to walk the tomboy path today. You and I would probably be told we were little boys instead of masculine girls and be pressured to go on hormones or get surgeries. 😬
@ladyflibblesworth7282
10 ай бұрын
@@dustyoldhat nope just a dummy :)
Man Heather is a force of nature! Really love her book and blog, really recommend it to everyone.
@Eric-cj8sb
9 ай бұрын
orwh.od.nih.gov/sex-gender
Another masterpiece thanks mister. I've checked out their podcast!
Thank you. One of your most informative videos
With no real struggle in their lives people tend to make up some😂
@5gun1
10 ай бұрын
I think this is true too though. Like raising/lowering the bar. Here in the first world countries we complain about say no iPad or AC, then in Africa it’s like no house or no food. And maybe the rich kids are like no Bentley no yacht. I guess when we have no problems we look for them/ we’re so used to “highs“ that mediums start to feel like lows. It’s adaptation can’t really help it I guess
@hakimdiwan5101
10 ай бұрын
Yup this is how people of other countries look at this mess, a problem that First world dwellers created because they don't have any problems to deal with. Why is it that this issue is found mostly in US and Western European countries?
Haven't finished it yet, I'm hoping there's at least a mention of the amount of endocrine disruptors in our food, water, air. This shouldn't be a partisan issue, all our kids are exposed. It's harder & harder to control social medias influence. Heather has an academics view that few could argue with. Edit: she addressed it towards the end. Adult choices are different than modifying a childs life forever. Again, shouldn't be a partisan issue.
@kronosDking
10 ай бұрын
It's shortly mentioned near the end.
@Evermorecurious
10 ай бұрын
Collectively we should have the ability to gain a better control of what is in our food, water, and air. It’s discouraging that once again “forever chemicals” in our water supply is in the spotlight and everyone is acting like it is breaking news.
@friedmandesigns
10 ай бұрын
It is unfortunate future hominins aren't here now to illume the hit to our fossil record from growth hormones, endocrine disruptors, excitotoxins, and chemical additives in the global food chain.
@SydneyCarton2085
10 ай бұрын
The right would have to admit that unregulated capitalism can result in a polluted food supply and the left would have to admit that gender dysphoria is un natural.
@creageous
10 ай бұрын
We don't talk about endocrine disrupting chemicals.
40:55 is one of the most important points of the whole video IMO. Maybe if we could figure that one out, feminists wouldn't be pushing ALL women into roles they personally may not desire. We must do more to honor the role of raising the next generation than we do currently. Money cannot be the measure of your life. This MUST be done as an entire culture, NOT just dumping it on an individual to somehow feel honored and appreciated by themselves.
@JohnSmith-bs9ym
10 ай бұрын
Feminists would not stop until we have a matriarchy where men are basically treated as slaves. That's the version of equality that they are going for in actuality.
@bettybray5366
10 ай бұрын
Feminist activists have made some mistakes with focusing attention on getting women into the workplace, but it’s capitalism that really wants them there. More of the population in the workplace, more productivity, more growth. There’s no way women would have been let in, if it didn’t suit that agenda.
@AustinKoleCarlisle
10 ай бұрын
we can mainly do this by lowering the cost of living. people have more kids when they have more disposable income. all of these politicians talking about a demographic problem never once push to lower the cost of living.
@josetrujillo2394
10 ай бұрын
@@AustinKoleCarlisle Break up these massive peudo-monopolies. Encourage them to compete with one another so they are cutting profits in order to sell you their products and services. Housing is another issue, though. I'm not familiar enough with how that works to give a good solution.
@mikeexits
10 ай бұрын
@@bettybray5366 Capitalism isn't an entity with an "agenda". It's just free trade. You're thinking of "Cronyism" or "Crony Capitalism". It really is sad to see when two very distinct things get conflated, especially when one is corrupted beyond belief and the other is about as fundamental as free speech. Listen to or read some Thomas Sowell and/or Milton Friedman to get a good primer on this stuff, they do great work and actually understand economics to a practical degree, or in other words, they're economically literate unlike a lot of people out there who will make an effort to try to convince you that they are with smoke and mirrors.
An incredibly balanced, compassionate and honest conversation that must be had. Thank you!
wow, great video. keep up the good work
Heather! I have so much respect for you. thank you for being a woman to look up to
@creativitysubs9935
10 ай бұрын
Her reasoning is partially flawed. She does not truly understand male psycho-sexuality.
I guess it's a sign of progress that you have to write a book to explain what was obvious to every adult 20 years ago.
@LandonBell11
10 ай бұрын
We will have decades of this type of debunking of absurdity. Or eternally, so long as absurdity is sponsored by our institutions of higher education.
@imaloserdude7227
10 ай бұрын
Every? Did you live in a cave?
@davelowe1977
10 ай бұрын
@@imaloserdude7227 Well I can only speak for Britain. What about you?
@Flitalidapouet
10 ай бұрын
Yep totally, and a sign of progress to go back to windmills and coal to produce our energy. Definitively not reverting back 🤣🤣🤣
@Seority
10 ай бұрын
Was gonna say, learned this in elementary school.
Great explanation of information, thanks
Fantastic and educational presentation. Thank you 😊
Great video! Going to read your book.
WOW .... thx for explaining things that made sense for thousands of years.
@MrSinister718
10 ай бұрын
It made more sense to keep women as property. Give them rights was a HUGE mistake. They are fickle and vicious when they dont get what they want. This is the bible portrayed them as EVIL.
@ZancoIntel
10 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, some have become confused, to put it lightly. Having a million genders is being pushed by the school system, and even the government.
@toastiesburned9929
10 ай бұрын
You mean, if you could cheat the numbers to make it seem like more people liked it, you would? Reminds me of a certain election we had recently... 🤔
@magnetotwister
10 ай бұрын
Didn’t you know in the past 5 years, all objective truths, laws, and facts suddenly became subjective?
@Flitalidapouet
10 ай бұрын
@@magnetotwister Well the car that hit me yesterday disagree with ya. 🤣🤣🤣
Interesting that Nicaragua is the first example. The USA's role in 20th century Nicaraguan history was utterly appalling. No compensation, or apology, has ever been given.
Glad I found this channel, Heather. I never knew about this channel. Just watching the Darkhorse podcasts since I found out about them from maybe something I saw following Eric's videos.
very clear and instructive, thank you
Watch this while you can
I want to buy the book. Great scientific process breakdown & explanations
Great speaker, great lecture. Thank you Heather.
Amazing, this is well elaborated.
Really informative. Thanks
Well done. Much enjoyed. :)
Love this channel!!!
Thank You so very much for this video. I love and enjoy Dark Horse .
This was fantastic! Thank you
Excellent, Heather! Love you & Brett. 💖. And Zach. 😁
Lots of good stuff! I love these facts laid out and explained. That being said, we have barely touched on the metaphysical outcomes and effects of any of those decisions. That would be an amazing deep dive for another time! Thank you. We all need to hear this.
Heather is one of my heroes. Nice work After Skool.
It’s awesome they got everything from all sides in here❤ Thank you after Skool
Heather is so brilliant.
Imagine being praised, for speaking common sense.
Fantastic work Heather. A must see for all.
If I could like this video a million times, I would. Great work!
Can’t believe this video has to exist today. More upset that I’m actually watching it.
Could be After Skool's best video yet. Especially in this confused day and age.
@nellkellino-miller7673
9 ай бұрын
Agreed. One of the best videos they've ever put out.
I thoroughly enjoyed this podcast. I already purchased a hardcopy of the book but it just moved up on my reading list. However, I may need the Kindle or Audible version as most of my reading is on my commute and it's a big hardcover!
Can we make this required curriculum in schools please?
@lenfatterrible
4 ай бұрын
not really. the perspective is quite biased. it is still based on evolutionary perspective not social one. it brushes over the social development and variances across the globe often contradicting its argument to emphasise facts that we already know. "if rhonda is 196cm she is taller then most men, but that doesn't mean that women are generally shorter than man and that is what feminists, queers and academics have to realise" feminists, queers and academics have long tradition of telling rhonda that she is not less of a woman or a person because she is out of norm. sex positive activism also implyies that rhonda has a right to her sex life indenpendantly of ovulation, gastation, breast feeding cycles and reproduction. maybe there was truth to all the teasing in school and the tall rhonda actually feels like a man. i think if that is the truth he really needs our support, he has right to sex life and life without violence. i hate this flipping of the script (like this video) that is trying to imply that 'common sense' is under the attack. dear normie people just becuse we (the others) are trying to create a safe environment where we can find happines doesnt mean that your 'way of life' is threatened. it is a ridiculous and paranoid notion. only way forward is building future together
I always wonder...how does somebody who's trans know what it feels like to be the opposite sex? They can't possibly have any idea what that experience is like.
@NephariusAMG
10 ай бұрын
They don't. Only .0001% suffers from a powerful mental illness. The rest of them are faking it for attention and internet brownie points.
@Danskadreng
10 ай бұрын
Yea, they can only observe, and then they copy whatever they see and feel, but they only get a part of the data.
@sheevpalpatine3977
10 ай бұрын
Riddle me this, if genitals/ sex organs have nothing to do with gender, then why does removing them or whatever affirm gender?
@qzrnuiqntp
10 ай бұрын
Yes they can't. The only good reason to become a trans is when the satisfaction to live your fantasy in your brain is strong enough to forget the physical reality. That's why so many trans suffer so much: they have been mutilated and can't have only psychic pleasure, and feel their body give them so much less than expected and than before surgery and hormones.
@norman1907
10 ай бұрын
There has been more than one instance of dysmorphia in my lifetime. We were shown women that were hyper feminine in magazines. Young girls turned to eating disorders. We were shown American gladiators, and professional wrestlers. Hyper masculine men.. Young Boys turned to steroids. It's not a feeling of what we are. It's a feeling of what we aren't.
100% agree with the statements on porn that can be applied to both men and women. Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley said, “Avoid pornography like it is the Bubonic Plague.”
Heather is such a beast ❤ so grateful for her and Helen Pluckrose (among others) for being voices of reason
@creativitysubs9935
10 ай бұрын
I really really dislike people like you who just swallow everything they see so unthinkingly, that they leave mindless comments just blindly praising people without even telling the world what parts you took from this video. You just blindly accept this woman as a deity cause you already agreed with her before she even opened her mouth.
Thank you, this was great!
This was comprehensive and informative, and helps to understand modern issues. Well done.
@thijsjong
10 ай бұрын
The modern issues are fictional issues. Manufactured.
Excellent material.
God bless you Heather, I love your work
Thank you and bless you for this
Dr Heather Haying!! Awesome! 🎉👏👏👏🥂
What a wonderfully done and informative piece!!! Bravo ❤️
Amazing content, keep going
I am grateful for Heather and her husband’s work with this book and their podcast and I give them both props for going against the grain. I did want to point out that points made in 1:43 and 2:53 might be reconsidered with the data gained in the beatlemania phenomenon. I am not dismissing her personal experience, but just saying the men in the Beatles rock group most likely felt the same way while walking through a crowd of females.
Great job, Heather.
Thank you after skool for speaking the truth and giving people like this a voice
The book is excellent - one of my most enjoyable reads last year.
What a wonderful presentation
Simple, wise and reasonable....
Great information Thank you
thank you, awesome video
My favorite podcaster and my favorite class room. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is a simple fact yet people are deluding themselves..
Sex and gender, or reality and mental illnesses.
@Scyphi
10 ай бұрын
Speaking facts
@nese3520
10 ай бұрын
This!!!!
@JohnJohn-iy5ys
10 ай бұрын
Can’t believe scientists have to be retards all because the scared of the big bad controllers of the world
@arcadealchemist
10 ай бұрын
Gender is mono, it's like magnatism inportant in the laws of attraction but it can be broken in individuals SEX is Biolgical and dictates reproductive purpouse, mutations do happen but when they are being encoraged thats a huge issue and the leading cause in mental illness is Belief and enviroment,.
I truly enjoy Heather’s mind
Solid contribution!!
This is amazing!! And was also common sense for a while.
i only need to recall my parents, there was not regressive behavior. My mom was happy to stay with me and my brother at home, my father came home from work and there was no animosity! my mom was happy with her "job" and so my father too as "provider" for money, security et cetera. I'm very lucky that my girlfriend has a similar nature like my mom, she loves to take care about our son and i love to go to work so that they have a good live!
@JeanyyBee
2 ай бұрын
Honestly good for your wife. I would die being a stay at home mom. While I am a great mom I am a terrible homemakers. Also I am very ambitious. I have sooo much respect for stay at home parents.
Great to see Dr Heying support After Skool!
Great work!
This is a well written video about gender & sex overall, but still biased to side conservative or "traditionalist" as you will.
@SunIsLost
Ай бұрын
Eeyup
@SunIsLost
Ай бұрын
Cause it only describes gender as "act" (while acknowledging that it's fluid). This animation basically says "gender roles are dumb, it's okay to be a feminine man and a masculine woman, but men will never women and women will never be men, cause what are is what sex we got, and not respecting that destroys our society."
@SunIsLost
Ай бұрын
This video speaks TERFism to me.
Great explanation!
Amazing explanation 👏
This was great, it is needed, I completely agree & I don’t know where we lost it exactly but now we’re in a living nightmare 😊
Not to bash at Heather, from who I have great respect, but I figured this out around my 30's without a degree in evolutionary biology! it blown my mind how distorted society must be to don't acknowledge this as reality
I saw Dr. Heyings name and immediately clicked to watch! Love her!
thanks for this video. long overdue.
Very well put..!
Thank you, all! I love Dark Horse, so this was a treat to have them featured here.
This is SUCH an important video. I've been trying to explain this to some people in my social circle for over a decade, but they always used the fallacy of division to "prove" me wrong. And it always stumped me. To the point that I started accepting and even internalising their wacky mental gymnastics, if only to simply keep the peace. And that is a TERRIBLE reason to accept an entirely fallacious paradigm. It's akin to tolerating fascism because you're afraid of speaking out and being punished. I will be showing this to some of my more delusional friends. Thank you.
Good Job, Heather.
I absolutely love this book.. Thank you Afterskool for doing an edition with the wonderful Heather Heying
@Eric-cj8sb
9 ай бұрын
It's garbage. orwh.od.nih.gov/sex-gender
I have said it before but it bears to say it again and again: Heather, I love you. The knowledge that you impart to all around you is both traditionally "known" but also newly innovating. For example, the hypothesis that chemical contaminants may have a consequence on the expression of the "many-gendered-society" that is beyond our minimal understanding is in itself a revolutionary concept that should be further investigated and CORRECTED if validated. In general, giving us a panoramic view of place and time of the evolutionary expressions of sex and gender in many species in the history of Earth is illuminating and a complete and self-sufficient explanation of where we are at present. To the extent that his "malady of the genders" is proven to be a result of "social contagion", it is heartening to imagine that this too shall pass. The more important issue of the ontological definition of Man, Woman, and the relationship between them is something that only our evolution into a more Civil Society can all but address and fix.
@toastiesburned9929
10 ай бұрын
Just gotta remind myself that you too shall pass
@gaetanomontante5161
10 ай бұрын
@@toastiesburned9929 hahahaha ...but of course, my friend(?), did you think for an instant that I think I am exempted? Not so, not so.... What is interesting to me is that do NOT have a cogent comment on this, or that, or the other. Single phrases don't quite reach its presumed target if for nothing else than the fact of ignorance; ignorance among us all of what goes for thinking in your own mind. Remember this: I have always been open to be corrected in my thinking and have been know to go out of my way to say "thank you" when I have recognized my errors. And this is the best that I can wish for you as well.
Fantastic Lesson, Miss Heather.
great video!
Without the cartoon I would not be able to listen or handle the message. I'm sure that may say something about myself. Great video & narration.
:D that was great! I'll be picking up the book. Really happy to hear you say the definition of gender, which is the behavioral patterns of the sexes. I have been saying this for the past 5 years and felt alone saying it. Now I can finally point to a credible source.
@dustyoldhat
10 ай бұрын
Heying is not a credible source, she's discredited in academia
LOL the dinosaur illustration at 6:36
@sebastiaanstok
10 ай бұрын
Yes, tyrannosaurus-sex.
Excellent video. Congratulations!