SOC244H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Old Age Security, Total Fertility Rate, Childlessness
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50% of mc (definitions and patterns, 50% of sa/la (theoretical**(5 or 6). Unwanted pregnancy (abortion, adoption or keep the child) In all, there are many factors that affect the decision of having a child. Our society has a pronatalist bias: having children is taken for granted. Promotes fertility (society encourages the birth of a child). Some of the strongest pressures may come from a couple"s parents. Pronatalism is an ideology promoting child-bearing and glorifying parenthood, which may include limiting access to abortion and contraception, as well as creating financial and social incentives for the population to reproduce. Pronatalism = pro-birth position; is a belief that promotes human reproduction. Anti-natalist = negative value to birth claim that one should not reproduce. The myth of motherhood says that motherhood is an instinct that can fulfill a woman in away no other experience can. Another part of the myth is the importance of having a child of each sex.
