The Open University

Concentrates on the sociocultural determinants of psychosexual identity. Pursues the question of whether our social environment, both in early childhood and in later life, plays a critical role in creating and maintaining masculine and feminine character traits. Interviews three social investigators: Ann Oakley, a sociologist engaged in research on women; Robin Oakley, an anthropologist; and Juliet Mitchell, a writer and theorist who is particularly interested in psychoanalysis. C. Haslam

Looks at the physiological and genetic origins of sexually differentiated behavior. Jeffrey Grey talks about his research with rats and the kinds of role reversals he can initiate by the manipulation of hormones. C. Haslam