SOCIOL 3GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Compulsory Sterilization, Social Hygiene Movement, Law Centre
8 Mar 2019
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By 20th c eugenic an international intellectual & social movement: had greatest impacts ideologically and political in gb, us, and gr policies and practices trying. Led to calls for social stability, protect future of the worthy: was w/in this context of disruptive social change that dangerous ideology of eugenics thrived, were preventative, interventionist & enforced against inds will. Led to series of policies around negative eugenics: compulsory sterilization of undesirables, euthanasia, miscegenation (marriage restrictions) Great britain: concern over increased birth rate of congenitally mentally ill and degenerate, of inds born handicapped, working classes, poor, also increased birth rate of working classes vs decreasing elites. Several groups regarded as genetically inferior: newer (non-anglo saxon) immigrants. Germany: mentally ill, psychopathic & psychiatric patients, physically disabled, including deaf, blind, were typified as useless eaters, depleted scarce resources in germany post ww1. Seen as detrimental to wellbeing and future of society: concern w increasing #"s of fitter inds in society.
