Contraception a concise history
Why Contraception? -- Contraception Before the Pill -- The Pill and Its Successors -- Non-Hormonal Contraception after the Pill -- Contraception in the Reproductive Justice Framework -- The Future of Contraception
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge
MIT Press
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | MIT Press essential knowledge series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Why Contraception? -- Contraception Before the Pill -- The Pill and Its Successors -- Non-Hormonal Contraception after the Pill -- Contraception in the Reproductive Justice Framework -- The Future of Contraception "This book is a history of contraceptive technologies from the opening of the first birth control clinic in Amsterdam in 1882 to the present. It argues that tracing access to, research and development of, and use of contraceptive technologies is an outward measure of how a society values human selfhood and autonomy. It traces the research, development, manufacturing, distribution, and use of contraceptive methods that were and are marketed and sold to the general public. Those methods were and are available with or without a prescription, for people of all genders. The history of contraception involves the synthesizing of diverse histories, including the history of technology, women's and gender history, the history of sex and reproduction, population control studies, legal history, and political history.^ It requires a broad understanding of individual behavior, identity formation and maintenance, and decision-making; nonprofit advocacy groups and independently wealthy individual advocates; religious organizations; governmental policies at various levels and the execution thereof; and technological development, manufacturing, and distribution, among myriad other factors. In the present, controlling, timing, and/or avoiding pregnancy is a concern for anyone involved in sexual activity with the potential for sperm-egg contact. Learning such history can shed light on the scientists, manufacturers, government officials, distributors, salespersons, and activists who paved the way for the variety of contraceptive technologies used today. Additionally, this book provides readers historical context for their own reproductive lives, contraceptive use, and decision-making processes.^ More broadly, this book also frames the history of contraception in a wider context of population control, eugenics (including involuntary sterilization), racist and classist restrictions on birth control access, and the extent to which people do or do not accept technological methods into their sexual and reproductive lives. Various technological methods can be embraced or rejected for a variety of reasons, including mental health (loss of libido or desire), physical health (increased bleeding or spotting), and allergies (such as to latex). Additionally, those with strict religious or moral beliefs, such as those who adhere strictly to Roman Catholicism's prohibition of any technological contraceptives and those who avoid hormonal or technological modifications to the body, both favor timing methods, which can also include withdrawal.^ |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 245 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780262538428 |