Sex role

  • Consciousness raising-KPFA (Episode 3 of 4): Role-playing

    Consciousness raising. An examination of role-playing and stereotypes that oppress women: “The lesbian,” “The single mother,” “The Lady,” “The woman as provider,” “The attractive woman,” “Masculine-feminine roles,” “Married woman,” “Childless woman,” “Single women who are pregnant,”Women as sex object.” Consciousness raising broadcasts began by playing taped sessions, then listeners could call in and share their…

  • Men like their women “liberated”

    A documentary exploration of changing sexual relationships within the family and social institutions, and among different generations. Introduction: “In this program we will explore the implications and limits of the sexual revolution with five women of varied ages and situations. Debbie is 19 and presently bisexual. Patty is 25 and now consciously celibate. Susan is…

  • Men on the line: discussion panel moderated by Everett Frost

    KPFK’s Everett Frost, Director of Theater and Literature, moderates a panel of men who discuss feminism and the feminist perspective about men. The men on the panel are Bob Kruger; Jeremy Shapiro, a professor at California Institute of the Arts and part of the Center for the Study of Technological Response, and author of the…

  • Sexual slavery : alternative visions

    Antoinette Bower presents a dramatic reading of differing approaches to woman’s role in society from such diverse standpoints as an Italian contessa and Germaine Greer. Produced by Everett Frost. Contains sensitive language.

  • Do as I do, be as I am : the bruising conflict / Ben Ard. (Episode 12 of 12)

    The third Sunday morning speaker at the symposium “The Uncertain Quest – The Dilemmas of Sex Education,” produced by and held at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco and simulcast on KPFA, is Ben Ard, Ph.D., Professor of Counseling, Department of Counseling, San Francisco State College. He talks on the psychological challenge…

  • The Politics of childhood / produced by June Jordan.

    Documentary which explores the experience of childhood as one of universal tyranny. Examines issues such as: what does it mean to be a “good” girl or boy; the non-person legal status of children; the 80% increase in child abuse and 277% increase in sexual abuse since 1981; and how we can change the model. The…

  • The Kitchen Sink Papers / Corrinne McGrady and Mike McGrady ; interviewed by Viv Sutherland.

    Mike McGrady is the author of “The Kitchen Sink Papers: My Life as a Househusband.” This interview with McGrady and his wife Corinne reveals the changes in their lives brought about by his fortieth birthday decision to exchange places with his wife for one year. She went out in the world to be the family…

  • Sexism and children’s literature / produced by Beverly Stein and Laurie Simms.

    Evaluating the alternative to Dick and Jane-type Primers for Living in Amerika. Examined are recently published books for children that present a different view of the traditional roles that men, women and children play in society. We also explore how these new books are received by school boards, teachers, parents and of course, the children.…

  • The fairer sex : portraits of five women / produced by Marie Blazek

    This is an intimate set of interviews with five women whose lives are both typical and unique; unique portraits of women outside of traditional gender roles. Subjects include a domestic worker, a Chicana who wanted to be a dancer, an elderly executive into Zen, and a teenage “biker chick” (motorcyclist), and a lower class White…

  • Training the woman to know her place / Sandra Bem and Darryl Bem.

    Doctors Sandra and Darryl Bem, husband and wife and professors of psychology at Standford University, speaking at Stanford Alumni Weekend in May of 1971. The lecture deals with the pervasive effect of sex role conditioning which is primarily responsible for the fact that so few women emerge from childhood with the motivation to pursue careers…