ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Amniocentesis, Cultural Universal
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Gender preference: depending on division of labour. Sex selective infanticide the killing of an infant or child based on sex. Low husband power wife older than husband. High husband power husband older than wife. Governments promote population increase or decrease: leaders urge women to have more babies, provide extra support for families + low cost child care. Pharmaceutical companies, world bank, religious groups: influence national and individual priorities fertility, usa withdrew support for abortion promoting abstinence (pop control) Fertility control: direct methods, plant and animal substances induce abortion, indirect methods, long periods of breast feeding reduce conception. Induced abortion: cultural universal - done by women herself or with another women, religious, economic and social factors affect decisions, life style doesn"t fit, poverty, catholicism forbid abortion (no relation between religion / abortion) Culture helps define both the good life and good death. Shapes patterns of cause of death, patterns which change over time.
