Episodes

6 episodes in this season

Different But Equal

60 min

The Language of the Sexes

60 min

Patterns of Love

60 min

Passages of Life

60 min

Now Playing

The Maternal Dilemma

60 min

Gender Wars

60 min

The Human Sexes

TV Series

19981h8.7

Documentary

Now playing

The Maternal Dilemma

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Feb 4, 1998

In today's world' is it tougher to be a mother... or a father? Will it ever be possible to balance work and motherhood? No matter what you currently believe, The Maternal Dilemma will surprise you with new insight. See working mothers in Japan and England who leave their children in day-care centers. Discover the 'granny solution' in Greece. Explore the 'paternal solution' with stay-at-home fathers in America. Have dinner with a man from Utah who has several wives: some have children while others pursue careers. Compare women who work in fields with babies at their side, to Western women trying to balance kids with a career. It'll soon become clear that The Maternal Dilemma is something everybody shares.

More details

The Human Sexes

TV Series

19981h8.7

Documentary

Now playing

The Maternal Dilemma

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Feb 4, 1998

More details