American Women — Marriage and divorce

  • 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.

  • The incest taboo / Mariam Slater.

    Discussion of society, incest, and institutionalized marriage outside the family with Anthropology Professor Mariam Slater of Queens College.

  • Women and alienation / Connie Sutton

    Lecture by Connie Sutton, anthropologist at New York University, on women and alienation. Produced by Viv Sutherland in cooperation with National Organization for Women-New York (NOW-NY) and NOW’s Women in the Arts committee coordinator Diane Feeley.

  • New York Radical Feminists’ Marriage speak-out

    In February 1973, the New York Radical Feminists held a marriage conference which they called “the Marriage Speak Out.” This program is excerpts from that conference, with talks by women on their changing consciousness about their marriages – many of which ended in divorce. From the folio: “Very personal, non- judgmental style of speaking by…

  • 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…

  • W.A.C.s, W.A.V.E.s, W.A.F.s, W.M.s. and wives

    Documentary examining the problems of women in the military, their treatment, their resistance, their reaction. Produced by Kathy Gilberd of Support Our Soldiers. Contains sensitive language.

  • Sensuality in marriage: lecture / Maxine Serett. (Episode 1 of 4)

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

  • Marriage a la mode (Episode 6 of 12)

    Talk on the social and legal inequalities facing married women by Nancy Reeves, attorney, lecturer and writer on the status of women. Examines the institution of marriage in relation to the opposing philosophies introduced in episode 3. Reeves pontificates on when marriage ceases to be a profession, or a way of making a living, and…

  • Men in marriage / Dr. Jean E. Neighbor.

    Psychiatrist Dr. Jean E. Neighbor (1915-1995) gives the third and last talk in a series of talks about marriage (see also BB0507) sponsored by the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Church, given on March 22, 1964. Note in box reads “‘In today’s matriarchal system in the Western world, men are often caught in a painful vise between…

  • Women alone / moderated by Ruth Tayback.

    This episode of Women’s Studies plays tapes from a “Rap Session” between Ruth Tayback and members of The Older Women’s Committee of the National Organization for Women, New York (NOW-NY) discuss the way society treats women who are unattached, and the ways women cope with this treatment. Produced by Viv Sutherland.