The Sexual Offences Act 1967. Part 2: Wolfenden's silent women

On 27 July 2017, The National Archives held a day of talks to
mark the 50th anniversary of the royal assent of the Sexual
Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised male
homosexuality in England and Wales.


In this recording, Caroline Derry looks at how the Wolfenden
committee (whose 1957 report laid the ground work for the passing
of the Sexual Offences Act) barely mentioned women and instead
focussed almost exclusively on homosexual men.