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6 episodes in this season

Different But Equal

60 min

The Language of the Sexes

60 min

Patterns of Love

60 min

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Passages of Life

60 min

The Maternal Dilemma

60 min

Gender Wars

60 min

The Human Sexes

TV Series

19981h8.7

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Passages of Life

Season 1 · Episode 4 · Feb 3, 1998

Does society treat men and women differently? You may not like the unsettling answers you'll find in Passages Of Life. Compare the way different cultures deal with boys and girls as they grow up. Some believe male circumcision began as an ancient Egyptian snake worship ritual to ensure immortality. In the Middle East, puberty brings a girl her first veil; in Yemen, a boy his first grown-up dagger. Watch young women turned into ladies at an etiquette school in England, and young men turned into killers by the US Marine Corps. Witness a marriage celebration in a small Greek village - where a dowry still makes a difference. Passages Of Life might make you feel better about growing up... or worse.

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The Human Sexes

TV Series

19981h8.7

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Passages of Life

Season 1 · Episode 4 · Feb 3, 1998

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