American Women — Marriage and divorce

  • Sensuality in marriage: question-and-answer session / Maxine Serett. (Episode 2 of 4)

    Maxine Serett, author of the book “The Housewife’s handbook on selective promiscuity” (under the pen name Rey Anthony), fields audience questions following a lecture on sexuality and marriage (in California, venue unknown) on January 14, 1965. The lecture centered on how monogamy in marriage doesn’t work and how to best approach being monogamous in marriage.…

  • Women’s legal clinic: December 2, 1979-Child custody

    Women’s Legal Clinic aircheck. Judy Levin and Betty Levinson discuss child custody and take listener phone calls.

  • Consciousness raising-KPFA (Episode 2 of 4): On getting angry

    Consciousness raising. An examination of anger and getting angry. Consciousness raising broadcasts began by playing taped sessions, then listeners could call in and share their experiences and feelings. This recording is only the taped CR group. Previously numbered BC1087.03.

  • 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…

  • Consciousness raising-KPFA (Episode 4 of 4): The single woman

    Consciousness raising. An examination of “the single woman”. Six women relate their personal experiences in marriage and discuss dating, engagement, infidelity, the fear of being single, married women’s fear and envy of single friends, divorce, and the ultimate realization that marriage is not a short cut to happiness and fulfillment. Consciousness raising broadcasts began by…

  • Autonomy in lesbian relationships

    Excerpts from a workshop from the Lavender Visions Conference held in the Spring of 1981 in Old Westbury, NY about autonomy in lesbian relationships. Includes a presentation by an unknown speaker and Q&A. Opening song by Lynne Messinger, “Possessiveness.” Closing song by Betsy Rose and Cathy Winter, “Love Will Have to Do.” Produced by Viv…

  • What’s happening to the family?

    WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THE FAMILY : Produced by WBAI and Dave Metzger. Recorded on January 30 1978. CONTENT: Dave Metzger hosts Rosalind P. Petchesky (b. 1942), a Women’s Studies and Political Science professor at Ramapo College, Ellen Ross, a professor of European History and Women’s Studies at Ramapo College, and Ruth Meyerowitz, a professor of…

  • Sexual politics today

    Sexual Politics Today : Produced by WBAI. Recorded on April 10, 1978. Psychotherapist Diane Kraft Kadish speaks with Psychoanalyst Joel Kovel and Historian Anne Snitow on the social and psychological barriers to love and relationships between men and women. Broadcast on April 10, 1978.

  • Consciousness raising-WBAI (Episode 4 of 4): Sex and divorce

    Consciousness-raising: An examination of women’s issues. This discussion focuses on the sex lives of married couples. These participants were all divorced or separated, and discussed the ways sex with their exes affected their marriage. The program was broadcast ca. October 1971 through April 1972. Recording ends abruptly.

  • Consciousness raising-WBAI (Episode 1 of 4): Housework

    This is one of four episodes of WBAI’s first Consciousness-raising series, originally titled: “Consciousness-raising: An examination of women’s issues.” This discussion focuses on the issue of housework, particularly the balance of housework between husband and wife, and what these women learned from their mothers and other wives. This recording was possibly broadcast with a series…