Gender Under Attack

Gender Under Attack

6.0

Dec 31 2018

1h 10m

Documentary

This documentary portrays the way in which attacks against a twisted concept of “gender ideology” in four countries are being used to gain political power by right-wing conservative politicians supported by conservatives in the Catholic and evangelical churches.

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