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Even before the era of AIDS, sex could have fatal consequences for many men and women. For women, lack of contraception could mean repeated pregnancy at a time when childbirth could often end in th...e death of the child, or the mother. For men and women, sexual diseases that can now be easily and successfully treated were life- threatening, yet often ignored. Greater sexual freedom dawned with the Second World War and as censorship was relaxed. The post-war government thought the institution of marriage could survive a wife's admission of an affair and a family outing to the VD clinic. But although marriage remained popular during the 50s, divorce became more commonplace and women used contraception to control their fertility - and the size of their families.
Even before the era of AIDS, sex could have fatal consequences for many men and women. For women, lack of contraception could mean repeated pregnancy at a time when childbirth could often end in th...e death of the child, or the mother. For men and women, sexual diseases that can now be easily and successfully treated were life- threatening, yet often ignored. Greater sexual freedom dawned with the Second World War and as censorship was relaxed. The post-war government thought the institution of marriage could survive a wife's admission of an affair and a family outing to the VD clinic. But although marriage remained popular during the 50s, divorce became more commonplace and women used contraception to control their fertility - and the size of their families.
| Series: | Nation on film 1 |
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| First transmission date: | 2005 |
| Published: | 2005 |
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| Duration: | 00:28:35 |
| Note: | A leaflet about this series is available for Reference use onl |
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| Producer: | Rosalind Bain |
| Narrator: | Lesley Sharp |
| Contributors: | Tim Boon; Desmond Carrington; Lesley Hall; John Lister; Tom Dew Mathews; Bernard 'Dusty' Miller; David N. Samuelson; Pauline Sharpe; Elizabeth Wilson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/nationonfilm/seriessummary.html |
| Subject terms: | Amateur films--Great Britain--20th century; Social change--Great Britain--History--20th century; Great Britain --Social life and customs --20th century |
| Production number: | JOUA346E |
| Videofinder number: | 6995 |
| Available to public: | no |
