American Women — Violence against women

  • Who jails the rapist? / produced by Ginny Leicht

    Documentary on rape and the punishment for rape, providing a look at the way New York and New Jersey deal with convicted rapists, why men commit rape, and what happens when psychiatry makes a patient out of the criminal. Heard on the tape are unidentified female rape victims; Dr. William Prendergast, director of the sex…

  • Domestic violence / produced by Brad Cleveland

    A short documentary consisting of interviews with battered women and women involved in providing support services to these women. Guests include the director and some volunteers at WAVES (Women Against Violence Emergency Services) in Berkeley. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE / produced by Bradley Cleveland. Recorded: by Philip Maldari, Feb. 1980. Broadcast: KPFA, Feb. 1980. Produced by Bradley…

  • Take back the night / reported by Adi Gevins.

    Report by Adi Gevins of KPFA of the first Take Back the Night march in San Francisco on November 4, 1978. Three thousand women marched along Broadway as part of the Women Against Violence in Pornography and the Media conference. Features interviews with people on the street, as well as excerpts of speeches by artist…

  • I was first locked up at fourteen / produced by Frances Emley.

    A documentary on the physical and emotional reality of incarceration, profiling a young woman whose father had her locked up at the age of fourteen for “incorrigibility.” The “incorrigibility” stemmed from her work with young Chicano migrant families, of which her father disapproved. Since his beatings couldn’t set her straight, the state tried solitary confinement…

  • Violent use of female images in the media / Andrea Dworkin

    Women Against Violence in Pornography & Media (WAVPM), a feminist group formed in 1977, organized the Feminist Perspective on Pornography Conference in San Francisco in November 1978. At the conclusion of this conference, organizers and attendees staged the first Take Back The Night march, protesting rape and the violent use of female images in the…

  • Incest / produced by Pearl Skotnes.

    Interview with Louise Armstrong, author of Kiss Daddy Goodnight, A Speak-Out on Incest (New York: Harcourt Books, 1978). Armstrong discusses the experiences that lead her to write the book, and some of the myths and facts surrounding incest. Includes a clip of Audre Lorde reading her poem Chain; music by Meg Christian (“Scars”), Margie Adam…

  • Fair sex, fair game : women say no to the sexual safari / produced by Helene Rosenbluth.

    Highlights from the First National Conference on Feminist Perspectives on Pornography, convened by Women Against Violence and Pornography in the Media, held in San Francisco in November 1978. The first part of this program features excerpts from panels What Is Pornography?, Porn and the Law, Effects of Pornography, and Pornography and the First Amendment. The…

  • Susan Brownmiller interviewed by Barbara Cady

    Barbara Cady talks with Susan Brownmiller, author of “Against our will: men, women, and rape,” published by Simon & Schuster. Brownmiller discusses her book and the issues of sexual harassment with which women must cope.

  • Stop rape!

    Drawing on a variety of sources, including the New Woman’s Survival Catalogue and Eve Norman’s speech before a San Bernardino symposium on forcible rape, this program examines the social and psychological aspects of rape and reports on who is doing what in search of a solution. Produced by Tiji. End credits include thanks to Terry…

  • Rape and punishment / Paul Leser (Episode 4 of 10)

    Paul Leser talks about differing attitudes about rape between America and Europe, and how in the United States (at that time, ca. 1946), it’s often be considered the worst crime possible.  He also discusses the difficult legal process in rape trials. Control through fear. Arrest and kill only the innocent. Nazi Germany, the Daniels cousins…