1940 births

I used to think that giving birth was overrated and believed that the emotional rollercoaster leading up the birth was insincere. In my opinion, giving birth had always seemed frightening, long and most of all painful. Surprisingly, my whole outlook on giving birth and its emotional impact changed when I gave birth to my first child, Joy. I remember the day as if it was yesterday, despite the fact that it took place almost nine years ago. It was a rainy Sunday in February when I invited my best friend, Betty over to my house. As we were conversing, the usual pain in my lower back struck me as I tried finding a comfortable position. Betty noted the discomfort on my face and mentioned that we go to the hospital. I gently dismissed her worries…

its operations in pursuit of profits for its corporate executives. They continue to brandish themselves under the guise of McDonalds brand only because of the cultural capital it has amassed makes it easier to make profits, but if the brand ever became too toxic it is simply expendable. There are some operations though that McDonaldization does seem to exist symbiotically with, this being the temporal expansion of McDonaldization into the sector birthing and life. It must be considered that…

Specifically, a few ways to ensure positive eugenics were using birth control and family planning, which are intermittently related. Larmarckian heredity, one of the two major theories of heredity, believed that external environmental factors could positively or negatively affect heredity. As a result, social reform and public health campaigns, such as birth control and family planning campaigns, were heavily stressed. The following insert will elaborate on the introduction of eugenics in China,…

the 1930s and 1940s. It is likely that, even without the policy, abortion would continue. The solution would come only with a change in attitudes toward female offspring. Publicity campaigns promoting girls are now widespread and acknowledge the importance of such change. The Chinese government has acknowledged the social consequences of this gender imbalance with increased mental health problems, socially disruptive behavior among men, kidnapping and trafficking women for marriage and…

There are many ideas, movements, events, and people that shaped the history of sex and sexuality in the twentieth century. The three most influential are Margaret Sanger, Alfred Charles Kinsey, and the Homophile Movement. Margaret Sanger made birth control accessible to the public, which altered the way in which people of the twentieth century understood sex. Margaret Sanger’s impact on contemporary society was tremendous. Sanger enabled women to control their fertility and made birth…

synthesized in an oral form by Carl Djerassi amongst other chemists from the University of Mexico (Chesler, 432). John Rock, a Catholic gynecologist who was all for birth control, took part in the further development of the Pill and the experimenting with the drug on Boston patients (McLaren, 240). In the year of 1956 there were large clinical trials…

Various birth control methods have been around hundreds of years prior to the revolutionary contraception movement of the early 1900s. From cedar oil as a spermicide to condoms comprised of sheep intestines, people have been finding ways to limit pregnancies (Gibbs, Van Dyk, Adams). However, the contraception movement of the early twentieth century caused a spark in society. Women were vying for new and improved methods of contraception (Wardell 740). We must ask, ‘What were the social and…

While there is no concise definition on what sex education is due to the varying degrees of how it is taught, comprehensive sex education is defined by the Advocates of Youth Organization as a course that “teaches about abstinence as the best method for avoiding STDs and unintended pregnancy, but also teaches about condoms and contraception to reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy and of infection with STDs, including HIV, [and]…also teaches interpersonal and communication skills and helps…

mid-1940s. A sexually active teen that doesn’t use contraceptives has a ninety percent chance of becoming pregnant within a year. In 2011, the teen birthrate in the United States fell to the lowest level recorded in nearly seventy years of tracking teen reproduction. In 2012, a total of 305,388 babies were born to women aged fifteen to nineteen years, for a live birth rate of 29.4 per 1,000 women in this age group. This is a record low for U.S. teens in this age group, and a decline of six…

The teens pregnancy is not a new occurrence in our society, however, the perception of American society on this topic changed in the last century. Until late 1800’s, main concern about pregnant teen was to be married before baby was born and most of states codes allowed girls as young as 12 to do so (Teen Pregnancy, 2008). However, due to living condition, poor diet and diseases, most of teen girls did not reach physical maturity until late teens which limited number of early pregnancies. In…