Discovering Psychology — Season 1, Episode 17: Sex and Gender
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 26 episodes
Episode synopsis
Sex and Gender is the seventeenth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program explores the distinction between sex and gender, and the ways gender stereotypes channel behavior in animals as well as in humans. It also examines some of the psychological effects of societal gender roles, from birth to adulthood.
About Discovering Psychology
Discovering Psychology is a PBS documentary on psychology presented by Philip Zimbardo, for which he received the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science. The series was released in 1990, with an updated edition comprising three additional episodes in 2001.