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Is the way we treat boys and girls the real reason we haven't achieved gender equality?

Is the way we treat boys and girls the real reason we haven't achieved equality between men and women? Dr Javid Abdelmoneim aims to find out by taking over a primary school class.

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No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?: Series 1

Javid Abdelmoneim

Lanesend Primary School

Stella Mavroveli

Jayne Osgood

Ryan Patton

Mike McGinn

Martin Adams

Ben Ring

Christian Bourne

Mayank Gupta

Ashley Freitas

Jessica Howe

Myles Harrison

Paul Rigby

Ekta Walia

Nicola Bitton

Paul Hodgson

Robert Ford

Susan Lee

Helen Veale

Samuel Palmer

Jeremy Daldry

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No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?: Series 1: Episode 1

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Is the way we treat boys and girls the reason we haven't achieved gender equality?

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim takes over a year 3 class to see if, after a term of gender-neutral treatment, he can even out the gaps in boys' and girls' achievements.

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim poses some of the most profound questions facing the UK today. Is the way we treat boys and girls in childhood the real reason we still haven't achieved true equality between men and women in adult life? And could stripping away the pink and blue - and the other more subtle ways that boys and girls are shaped to be different - be the way to raise kids with abilities and attitudes that are the same regardless of their gender?

In two hour-long programmes, Dr Javid sets out to find answers in a bold but simple experiment. He is taking over Year 3 in Lanesend Primary School on the Isle of Wight, aiming to remove all differences in the way boys and girls are treated and to see if, after a term of gender-neutral treatment, he can even out the gaps in their achievement across a range of important psychological measures - from self-confidence to emotional intelligence.

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