Rhetorical Analysis On Margaret Sanger

Sanger, “Do you look upon children as a reward -- or a penalty?” (4). On March 30th in 1925, Margaret Sanger spoke at a public meeting at the Scottish Rite Hall. Sanger thinks that we have not done our jobs of bringing children in loving homes that they are wanted in and well prepared for. The children are unexpected and not able to be taken care of properly. So Sanger wants to make birth control available to woman so that children can be born into welcoming, well prepared homes. But Sanger also wants to do this so that the poor people with defective genes can stop reproducing. I love the idea Sanger has about making the twentieth century for the children, but there are some parts that I do not like. I don't like the fact that she wants …show more content…
But some of Sanger’s expectations are unreal. She believes that every expectant mother needs to be stress free, strain free, worry free, and no unhappiness. That is nearly impossible for anyone. Especially in that day and age. I personally think that is would be normal for an expecting mother to be worried if she is going to be a good mother, or worry about the things going on around her. The way that this speech is put comes off as if Sanger only has good intentions to make the world a better, more fit place for children. But the underlying context seems like Sanger is only for selective breeding. Sanger only wants the upper class to reproduce because she thinks they are the only ones capable of producing perfect children who will never result in any law abiding acts and won't have any genetic effects. I do think that she is right in the fact that every woman should have the right to pick and choose when she is ready to be a mother, but that truly does need to extend to every …show more content…
Sanger mentions how “The Children's Era,” made her think of Ellen Key’s book “The Century of the Child”. Sanger went on to use the metaphor that Key used about how the world needed to be converted into a garden of children. She then continued to go off of that metaphor and continue to say that children need a place they can grow and that is why we should improve our world do their benefits. Sanger mentions the millions of dollars that we use to build playgrounds, more public schools, and put money towards charities and philanthropies isn't enough. Just by putting money in didn't ensure the safety of the children. So in order to ensure more safe lives for children Sanger introduces the idea of Civil Service examinations for parenthood. This means that in order to have a child, you must be licensed. You have to prove that you are a fit parent and have all the right means to support a