American Women — Sex

  • Interview with a Texas working girl / interviewed by Charles Hayden.

    A sex worker from Texas discusses her life with Charles Hayden (later Randy Wicker). She talks about some of the reasons why men solicit prostitutes, describes the differences between “call girls” and “working girls”, and also describes the different kinds of johns she encounters on the job.

  • The Skin Trade: a documentary on the pornographic film market in San Francisco

    Documentary on pornographic filmmaking in San Francisco. Includes interviews with filmmakers, theater owners, actors, actresses, and the judges of the First International Festival of Erotic Cinema, held in San Francisco late 1970. This program is the second of two programs on erotic and pornographic films. This program concentrates on the social and political ramifications of…

  • Barbara: an in-depth study of an American prostitute / produced by Martin Varno

    Folio description: “Documentary on a highly educated, intelligent woman who has chosen prostitution as a profession. Barbara, a sometime student at one of California’s largest universities with an IQ well above average; but at nineteen she isn’t the average teenager. She’s a well-trained, highly skilled professional, an expert in a field which brings her approximately…

  • Margaret Mead on sexual freedom and cultural change.

    A talk by Dr. Margaret Mead (1901 – 1978), noted author and anthropologist, on the shifts in culture brought about by sexual freedom, followed by a question-and-answer session. She discusses the term “sexual freedom” and its various meanings, talks about marriage in the American context, and probes the relationship between sex and marriage. Recorded in…

  • Sexual freedom: the middle road / Lester Kirkendall

    Dr. Lester Kirkendall, Professor of Family Life at Oregon State University and author of “The Problems of Remaining a Virgin,” gives a talk entitled “Sexual Freedom: The Middle Road” at the “The Pill and the Puritan Ethic” symposium held in San Francisco on February 12, 1967. His talk attacks both the Puritan right and the…

  • The ethics of sexual freedom / Joseph Fletcher

    Joseph Fletcher, S.T.D., Professor of Social Ethics at the Episcopal Theology School, Cambridge, Mass., and author of the controversial book “Situation Ethics: The New Morality,” gives a talk entitled “The Ethics of Sexual Freedom” at the “The Pill and the Puritan Ethic” symposium held in San Francisco on February 11, 1967. He talks on the…

  • Physically adult, mentally unprepared / Ernest Page. (Episode 2 of 12)

    The first speaker in the symposium “The Uncertain Quest – The Dilemmas of Sex Education” produced by and held at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco is Ernest W. Page, M.D., Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UC Medical Center, San Francisco He talks on the…

  • Youth, pretense and doubt / Enoch Callaway III. (Episode 3 of 12)

    The second 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 Dr. Enoch Callaway III, M.D. (1924-2014). He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco Medical Center,…

  • The cost of naivete / Clark Vincent. (Episode 4 of 12)

    The third 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 Dr. Clark E. Vincent, Ph.D. He is a Professor of Sociology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Bowman Gray School…

  • Facts, sermons, and self-delusions / moderated by Lester Kirkendall. (Episode 5 of 12)

    This is the fourth presentation given at the symposium “The Uncertain Quest – The Dilemmas of Sex Education” was produced by and held at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco and simulcast on KPFA on April 10, 1965. This panel of parents has the purpose to respond to points brought up by…