The Debate (Institute of Art and Ideas)

Conflict rages between those who believe that gender is socially  constructed and those who argue that it is biologically determined. But  now geneticists propose that we can change our sexual characteristics  through lifestyle choices. Is this misguided hype, or the promise of a  brave new world?

The Panel:

Biologist and author of Identically Different: Why You Can Change Your Genes Tim Spector, Darwinist philosopher Helena Cronin and New Humanist’s Caspar Melville assess the science of sexuality.

See the video below for an interesting discussion…..

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