SOCSCI 2Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Mortality Rate, New Idea
14 Jan 2017
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The birth control movement was developed as an idea to shape how we think of family. Malthust was influential to developing the important of birth control and how families should be understood. Deeply believed that humans were reproducing quicker than food and resources were being produced. If something not fixed, devastating for civilized society. More people, not enough resources and food. World"s population growing so fast that resources needed to provide for them will run out and cause chaos and panic. Fan of late marriages and having few children. Took position that (not politically popular today) We need more wars, famines, plagues and contraception to curb population growth. Weed out the population and bring it back to a manageable size. These were rules for the poor and immigrant class. These were the people that need to be shut down in terms of reproduction. Contribute nothing to society and rake a lot.
