In the 1920s, Pan Guangdan introduced the concept of “eugenics” in China. The formal definition of eugenics is the study of improving the qualities of the human species through inheriting desirable traits. Specifically, a few ways to ensure positive eugenics were using birth control and family planning, which are intermittently related. Larmarckian heredity, one of the two major theories of heredity, believed that external environmental factors could positively or negatively affect heredity. As a result, social reform and public health campaigns, such as birth control and family planning campaigns, were heavily stressed. The following insert will elaborate on the introduction of eugenics in China, and effects of the birth control and family planning campaigns that have trailed throughout time.
Coined by Margaret Sanger, birth control is intended to benefit maternal health. Sanger brought scientific information about contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and even sexual autonomy into East Asia. At the time, it was a very profound idea that women were able to choose whether they wanted children or how many they chose to give birth to. Western scientific-based …show more content…
During the 1960s when in Hong Kong, the population was overpoweringly male. As a result, many women were prostitutes. Prostitutes were aimed because they were the cause of transmitting sexually- related diseases, having “inferior” or “unfit” children, and reducing gene pool quality. In consequence, it was in the public’s interest to limit the number of unwanted births throughout China. In this aspect, it was beneficial for the government to distribute birth control to these
Coined by Margaret Sanger, birth control is intended to benefit maternal health. Sanger brought scientific information about contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and even sexual autonomy into East Asia. At the time, it was a very profound idea that women were able to choose whether they wanted children or how many they chose to give birth to. Western scientific-based …show more content…
During the 1960s when in Hong Kong, the population was overpoweringly male. As a result, many women were prostitutes. Prostitutes were aimed because they were the cause of transmitting sexually- related diseases, having “inferior” or “unfit” children, and reducing gene pool quality. In consequence, it was in the public’s interest to limit the number of unwanted births throughout China. In this aspect, it was beneficial for the government to distribute birth control to these