Special for Women

2. The Trapped Housewife

Wilhemina Ross realizes she is dissatisfied with her life as a housewife when she leaves a note for the milkman that reads 'Help.' She confronts this with her husband, Mike.

3. The Working Mother

Laura Tyler has been accused of child neglect simply because she works a job in addition to raising children. With her husband, Ross, she confronts the existential issues around working women in society.

4. The Single Woman

A troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man.

5. Mother and Daughter

A mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other.

6. Change of Life

As Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities.

7. What's Wrong with Men?

Henry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen.

8. The Glamour Trap

Five women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal.

9. The Lonely Woman

Martha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness.

10. The Indiscriminate Woman

A couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light.

11. The Problem Child

Reports that a nine-year-old has been pushed down a flight of stairs by his father leads to intervention by a social worker. Conflicting stories are heard in a Rashōmon-esque fashion, including from the mother. Investigations reveal that a wide range of social problems are at play.

12. A Child in Danger

A female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation.

13. The Menace of Age

After she suffers a stroke, Barbara Lawson is suggested by her doctor that she and her husband Joe live with their daughter's family.

14. Just a Housewife

Jacquie Hunter is sick of being thought of as 'just a housewife' and wishes to leave her husband Matt to work for a career-oriented woman.