American Women — Men’s commentary and experiences

  • Openness vs. pseudomasculinity / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 5 of 7)

    This is the fifth of seven lectures given by Dr. Albert Ross at UCLA in 1976. The essence of the whole problem with men is the question of openness versus closedness. Per Ross, there is nothing more important to relation to self and women than openness. The most significant barrier to man is his fright…

  • The unfulfilled life / by Dr. Albert E. Ross (Episode 6 of 7)

    Dr. Ross talks about midlife, from age 35 or 40 up, as a great challenge and opportunity or a time of crisis. Ross remarks that at 35, you are not over the hill, you haven’t even seen the hill. He describes the challenge versus the crisis response to loneliness, youth culture, life goals, 7-year itch,…

  • Loneliness in America and taxi dancers

    A listener’s personal view of alienation, sexual loneliness and prostitution. Carlos Hagen produced a couple of programs on loneliness and alienation in our contemporary American society and loneliness that leads to compromise. Hagen received much listener response, and the stand-out was this documentary montage of personal commentaries, readings, and songs produced by a listener, Dennis…

  • Rape in prison.

    Bill Monaghan and John “J.D.” Davis moderate a roundtable discussion about sexual assault in prison. The panelists are Ed Morris, Bob Martin and David Rothenberg of the Fortune Society. Rothenberg had recently authored (May 1976) a cover story for The Advocate about homosexual prison rape. They discuss sex as a tool of power to establish…

  • Music by and about women in middle and rural America / produced by Carlos Hagen

    In this program Carlos Hagen makes a brief survey of how women in rural and middle America view themselves, their lives, work, husbands, children and place in society. Note on label: The program is based on the message conveyed by popular songs from the country & western music genre, all performed by women artists. The…

  • 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…

  • Five great American ladies of song (Episode 3)

    This is another program that Carlos Hagen has dedicated to eclecticism in music and song to show that artistry, virtuosity, honesty, and soul can be found in practically every style or genre of musical expression. To this purpose he has divided the program into five segments dedicated to five great American ladies of the song;…

  • Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute on Women’s Liberation and Psychoanalysis

    A male speaker (unidentified in the recording) delivers a speech on the psychological impact on the women’s liberation movement. Overall sound quality is poor.

  • The American woman / Felix Greene

    The commentator is Felix Greene, journalist and producer for KPFA. Commentary: “The American Woman.” Greene comments on the differences between American women and British women in such areas as public behavior with strangers, relations towards men, self image and appearance, femininity, and motherhood. Recorded April 12, 1955; broadcast April 19, 1963. Master by K. Winslow.