PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Gross Domestic Product, Reproductive Health, General Anaesthetic

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 333
• Professor: Caroline F Pukall

Document Summary

In ancient egypt, women inserted tampons soaked in crocodile dung, honey and various other substances before intercourse to prevent conception: prevention of penile-vaginal intercourse, girls who had begun menstruating to seclude themselves from the general population. Intra-crural intercourse- rubbing the penis between partner"s thighs: most widely and consistently used method of population control was infanticide. A brief history of birth control in canada: using, selling and disseminating contraception was treated as a crime in canada"s. Criminal code: thought contraception corrupted morals , could serve up to 2 years in jail. Initially, birth control movement started among higher-educated and wealthier classes: only ones able to afford, first formal contraception advocacy organization in canada was formed in vancouver. 1923: first birth control clinic opened in hamilton 1932, parents" information bureau for family planning and birth control set up in kitchener in. 1930s: by 1960s following the baby boom and increasing global concerns about population control, society became more accepting of birth control.