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3 unusual facts about 1982 Barnard Conference on Sexuality


1982 Barnard Conference on Sexuality

The Barnard Sex Conference was held in 1982 by the Barnard Center for Research on Women, then known as the Women’s Center.

Days before the Conference itself, the then President of Barnard College, Ellen V. Futter, began receiving phone calls and letters from WAP and other groups against the premise of the Conference.The day before the conference was scheduled to begin, Barnard College officials—in response to phone calls from angry members of anti-pornography groups—confiscated 1500 copies of Diary of a Conference on Sexuality.

Barnard Center for Research on Women

Since 1974, BCRW has hosted the annual Scholar and Feminist conference, including the 1982 Barnard Conference on Sexuality.



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