In Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary, Mae Martin and historian Jules Gill-Peterson look back on milestones in the flawed (but still influential) history of gender science.
Gender and sex: Looking back on 100 years of 'the worst scientific research' | CBC Documentaries LoadedMae Martin and historian Jules Gill-Peterson look back on milestones in the flawed history of gender science.100 years of the 'worst scientific research' about gender and sexMae Martin and historian Jules Gill-Peterson look back on milestones in the flawed history of gender science. Learn more in the documentary Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary, now streaming on CBC Gem.
"We're looking at about a century's worth of some of the worst scientific research telling us what gender and sex really are," Gill-Peterson says. In the video above, Gill-Peterson talks about conversion therapy, the shaming of kids whose behaviour strayed from gender norms, and an inspiring act of social justice by gay psychiatrist John Fryer.
"When we look at this whole span of history, part of what it reminds us is that it's not just that science was conducted incorrectly, but that it really took people stepping up and challenging the way that science was practised to make it finally change," she says.
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