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Race suicide

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1.The voluntary failure of the members of a race or people to have a number of children sufficient to keep the birth rate equal to the death rate.


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Both Bederman and Lovett draw on Theodore Roosevelt in order to illustrate growing concerns about race suicide, juxtaposing his ideas with those of less well known historical figures.
The arguement was that women would become sterile or become hysterical if they pursued higher education, and that educated women would turn away from what was expected of them--to be a wife and mother, and that ultimately this would lead to race suicide.
Report breakdown: - Introduction - Reproduction and race suicide - Sexuality and citizenship formation - Defining Europe - Women and the political norm - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index For more information visit http://www.
 
 
 
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