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    The social and political context of the 1950’s is crucial to any understanding of the birth of rock n roll. “Rock was formed out of the social, economic and political context of post-war America”. The social context was on the bases of the post war baby boom, which counted for the birth of 77 million babies between the years 1946-1964. By the year 1964 forty percent of America’s population was under twenty years of age. For the first time both middle and working class youths were acquiring an

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    The theory I selected to apply to the above situation is the Birth Territory theory. This theory was created from empirical data collected by the authors who serve as both midwives and researchers. It has a critical post-structural feminist undertone and elaborates on the ideas of Michel Foucault. The Birth Territory theory predicts and elaborates on the relationships between jurisdiction (use of authority and influence), terrain (the birthing environment), and personal emotional and physiological

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    11-store hospital building will increase yearly birthing capacity to 16,000, which is far above the estimated 13,600 births expected during 2007, as shown by Table S7.3. Furthermore, the fact that the hospital and Swanson in particular is choosing to follow a multi-stage approach in terms of the hospital’s

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    Gregory Goodwin Pincus created the birth control pill stimulating a new tidal wave of women’s rights movements. From one small pill, new channels that were once dammed to a trickle became a mighty flood again. With the ability to prevent pregnancy without risking a dangerous abortion women found the strength to fight against male-dominated areas that were still left untouched from the first series of movements by their predecessors. From how long they were involved in the workforce to stepping up

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    Religion, and the Single Woman c. 1950–75: The Importance of a ‘Short’ Sexual Revolution to the English Religious Crisis of the Sixties" by Callum Brown that “the age of first sexual intercourse fell (from a rage of 19-23 years in 1951-5 to 17-21 years in 1977-70, and then further in the 1970s)” (195). Callum Brown also said the percentage of people getting married before having intercourse of the first intercourse fell from 30 percent to 15 percent from 1950-65 to 1965-75. The falling of the age

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    WSEM-1042 The Sexual Revolution or also known as the Sexual Liberation was one of the great social achievements of the 1960s that changed the lives of many women (Herzog 371). The Sexual Revolution happened in the 1960s in the West. The emergence of the birth control pill was said to be one of the most important causes of the Sexual Revolution. It brought many changes in women’s thinking and attitudes. The revolution was the movement that saw women raised their voice for their freedom let people aware

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    Women have many birth control options that allow them to plan to have a family. Access to contraception provides women and men choices regarding family size and timing to bring a baby into the world. Often times, groups and individuals on both sides the debate feel like outsiders who champion their cause to help women 2. Two such outliers Margaret Sanger and Gregory Pincus came from humble families and have found success simply by time and effort. In the early 20th century, birth control were fragile

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    In 1950’s, America wanted no part of birth control and specifically did not want any women to have control over the birth of an unborn. Most women were married at the age of 19 and were pregnant within the first 7 months of their marriage. They were pretty much expected to have children at a youthful age. In early 1930’s catholic churches had expressed their disapproval towards oral contraceptives. Margaret sanger was a nurse and a writer who later become a sex educator, as well as one of the widely

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    Male Birth Control The birth control pill took the nation by storm when first being introduced over fifty years ago. When the oil was first introduced in the late 1950’s, numerous American women both single and married were thrilled (People & Events: Mrs. America: Women 's Roles in the 1950s , 2001). They were so open to the pill due to social factors that affected their reproductive lives (People & Events: Mrs. America: Women 's Roles in the 1950s , 2001). Since being introduced in the United States

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    having the knowledge about family planning, and birth control in America. The law did not allow any distributions of any obscene materials, especially contraceptives because it was “morally wrong.” The lack of knowledge resulted in high birth and abortion rates that Margaret Sanger stood up for because she was an advocate for women’s reproductive rights. Sanger was an early women’s right activist who committed her life towards the legalization of birth control. Her dedication to what she believed in

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