Talk:American Eugenics Society

message: Seems like there must have been connection between this org and the Eugenics Record Office besides Harry H. Laughlin.  The Laughlin article mentions the AES only in passing, and the ERO and AES articles each fail to mention the other.  ??  Mwanner 14:22, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
So nobody finds this worthy of an article/research?--Shink X 19:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are some great resources listed in the external links section of Eugenics. Go for it.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 20:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
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message: Did the American Eugenics Society favor positive or negative eugenics?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.94.47.16 (talk) 19:58, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Eugenics by definition is for a more genetically positive race.96.234.160.68 (talk) 23:43, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The meaning of the words "positive" and "negative" depends on context. In this context, "positive" means "encourage the reproduction of superior people, who are like me", and "negative" means "discourage the reproduction of inferior people, who are not like me (and if I am impatient, kill them off)". --Hob Gadling (talk) 07:49, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eugenics: Positive or negative? 

message: Its main thrust has changed greatly over the years. It's important to keep in mind the whole subject of Eugenics
has a very poisoned origin. Depending on who was running AES, and the mores and attitudes of society, it promoted
its aims to be anything from what most people today would consider unquestioningly unacceptable all the way down
to what is merely a troublesome concept minus the nasty details. The organization today still seems interested in
the overall subject of how social forces impact human evolution but the word 'Eugenics' has basically become a
lightning rod and a deservedly unmentionable word. It gets suspiciously close these days to the subject, but seems
to have worked overtime to mute a still very unsettled past of recklessly defining, and enlisting society's help in
actively weeding out 'inferior' racial and hereditary traits. People are still alive today who were victims of the
'educational' efforts and influence of the AES.
You can find much good information on these two pages:
http://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/othersrv/isar/archives2/sources/aes.htm
http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Ssybesma (talk) 04:24, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Answer to your question 

message: Robert Retherford the physicist linked on the article  died in 1981, is listed as being president from 1991 to 1994.
The Robert Retherford that was the present is someone different.
Please correct.
75.49.251.113 (talk) 11:42, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  C0rrection required:-List of Presidents 

message: Why is this page entitled "American Eugenics Society" when they've since renamed themselves? Shouldn't it be referred to using the name that they've chosen for themselves rather than the popular name? A redirect from 'American Eugenics Society' to the new, renamed page should then be established.  SyntaxBlitz (talk) 12:59, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the name of the article from the American Eugenics Society to the Society for Biodemography and Social Biology. The previous names of the Society will still redirect to this article.  This name change is in accordance with Wikipedia's reasons to move a page. "The subject of the article has changed its name and the new name has come into majority use." Wikipedia:Moving_a_page#Reasons_for_moving_a_page.  The Society's website and all of their academic journals reflect this name change, so the new name has come into majority use. Misscosmo (talk) 18:27, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming? 

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