Chapter Six Flashcards
Modes of Reproduction
The pattern representing the change in population through the fertility and mortality.
Fertility Control
Direct Fertility Control: Using herbs or medicines that induce abortion.
Indirect Fertility Control: Long periods of breastfeeding, which reduce the chances of conception
Pronatalism
An attitude or policy that encourages childbearing
Stratified Reproduction
Polarity in the abililty of people of different races, ethnicities, nationalities, classes, and genders to reproduce and nurture their children.
Semen Lost Complex
A Hindu belief among men which links men’s health and strength to retention of semen.
State Level Fertility Decision Making
State governments will plan their overall population target on fertility goals that are sometimes pronatalist or antinatalist (opposed to many births).
Global Level Fertility Decision Making
Religious, medical, or political organizations influence the reproductive policies of countries and of families
Family Level Fertility Decision Making
Considering the value and costs of children. Cultural preferences for gender and number of offspring, as well.
Induced Abortion
Fertility Control. Girl you know what this is. Most methods involve plant and animal substances. Women seek to induce abortion because of economic and social factors.
Infanticide
The killing of an infant or child. Widely practiced cross-culturally, although it is rarely a frequent or common practice.
Hijra
A blurred gender role in India in which a person, usually biologically male, takes on female dress and behavior. They earn a living begging from store to store and threatening to lift their skirts if not given money.
Gender Pluralism
The existence within a culture of multiple categories of feminity, masculinity, and blurred genders that are tolerated and legitimate.
