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The Rejected
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James Day, general manager of KQED, San Francisco, where this program was made, begins THE REJECTED by explaining that it deals with a social problem and that its purpose is to present the facts. He reads a letter from the Attorney General of the state of California, who says: "It (homosexuality) is a subject that deserves discussion - It cannot be swept under the rug. It will not just go away by itself, and quite possibly, an objective discussion of this condition might lead to a broader understanding of this subject." First guest to speak is Dr. Margaret Mead, anthropologist and associate curator of ethnology for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, who appeared on another NET program, FOUR FAMILIES. She outlines the position of the homosexual in various kinds of societies, pointing out that society sets the standards by which sexual activity is governed. "Society has set up the way sex is to be lived," she says, and adds that it is within the power of each society - that is, each society able to change - to alter "any one of its attitudes towards this question as it wishes." Dr. Mead's comments are followed by those of Dr. Karl Bowman, psychiatrist and past p…
Directors & creators
Reavis, John W., Jr.
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, James Day, Margaret Mead, Karl Bowman, Stanley Mosk, KQED, American Psychiatric Association, American Museum of Natural History, homosexuality, human sexuality, anthropology, psychiatry, social policy, LGBTQ history, sexual ethics, California Department of Justice
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