Sex discrimination against women

  • Move over Pierre Boulez (Episode 2 of 2, Part 2 of 2)

    Two talks about women composers and conductors in those male dominated fields. Includes excerpts from women’s compositions. Produced and hosted by Barbara Kraft and Varda Ullman. |pt.1. Varda Ullman (2 reels : 110 min.) — pt.2. Barbara Kraft (2 reels : 116 min.).

  • Socialization: the pink blanket routine (Episode 1 of 7)

    Brenda Brush, a member of the National Organization of Women and of Women’s Liberation, speaks on “Socialization: the pink blanket routine” at a teach-in on the oppressions of women at San Francisco State College on December 10, 1969. Brush opens by exposing the brainwashing both women and men go through, from the moment of birth,…

  • The psychology of inferiority (Episode 2 of 7)

    Norma Haan, a research psychologist and professor in the graduate school of social welfare at the University of California (Berkeley) speaks on “The psychology of inferiority” at a teach-in on the oppression of women at San Francisco State College on December 10, 1969. Haan discusses how the psyches of women and men can only be…

  • Abortion: denial of our rights (Episode 7 of 7)

    Cheriel Jensen, an architect and member of the California Committee to Legalize Abortion speaks on “Abortion: denial of our rights” at a teach-in on the oppression of women at San Francisco State College on December 10, 1969. Jensen speaks on how sex discrimination affects both men and women, how sex discrimination affects children and their…

  • Discrimination at work: federal workers and equal opportunity

    On whether the federal government has successfully implemented its own equal opportunity program. Discussion by Roy Johnson, President of Government Employees United Against Racial Descrimination, and Roberto Tobias, General Council of the National Treasury Employees Union, and Mary Jo Binder, Federal Women’s Program Coordinator, U.S. Treasury Department. This program was produced by Rob Berlidge[sp?] and…

  • Germaine Greer in Berkeley.

    Germaine Greer, author of “The Female Eunuch”, speaking at the University of California, Berkeley in a consciousness-raising session about the nature of sexual oppression in Western culture. She discusses male fantasies of rape and how sexual abuse is institutionalized in our culture through the imagery of sexuality. Contains sensitive language.

  • Women is losers.

    Members of the Women’s Liberation discuss the role of women in American society. The discussion touches on a wide variety of topics, including the necessity for women to break out of the roles that have been prescribed for them, the emotional and sexual lives of women, and the media’s portrayal of women. Source material for…

  • Growing up and growing older / Jane Handly ; interviewed by Sylvia Maguita Pepper.

    Jane Handly, author of Why Women Worry, discusses the psychological reasons for women to take on nurturing roles at an increasing rate as they grow older. This self-perception often leads to anxiety and other psychological and physical problems, as well as neglect of the woman’s own future for the sake of helping others around her.…

  • Move over Pierre Boulez

    Two talks about women composers and conductors in those male dominated fields, broadcast on KPFA on February 16 and February 23, 1972. Includes excerpts from women’s compositions. From the folio: “Women in the fields of composition and conducting are like icebergs floating in male-infested waters. Only about 10% are visible. Barbara Kraft and Varda Ullman…

  • Here she is: the making of Miss America, 1970 / reported by Mary Lou Oates; produced by Robert Kuttner

    Report and actuality of the events surrounding a major beauty pageant, including a protest and police interaction. An impressionistic documentary about the Miss America Pageant, September 2-7 in Atlantic City. Includes interviews with contestants, chairwoman of the Miss America Hostess Committee, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Miss America Pageant, other reporters at the…