Synopsis
Now eight, the kids are struggling to make sense of gender roles. In the home they see their parents striving for equality. But increasingly they are looking to the outside world for their role models. So in a culture dominated by sex, celebrity and consumerism, what are they learning? And is the divide of the sexes growing?
- Programme: Child of Our Time
- Series: 8
- Episode: 01: The Divide of the Sexes
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2008
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