Sex and destiny
Subtitle: the politics of human fertility
By: Germaine Greer
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 541
ISBN-13: 9780060151409
Subjects: Sexualité; Fécondité humaine; Human Fertility; Sex; Vrouwen; Geburtenregelung; Birth control; Politik; Vruchtbaarheid; Population; Régulation des naissances
Description: The author examines customs and attitudes toward fertility, chastity, promiscuity, abortion, contraception, and infanticide.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A child is born; title: The importance of fertility; title: The curse of sterility; title: Chastity as a form of birth control; title: Polymorphous perversity; title: The short history of contraception; title: Abortion and infanticide; title: Changing concepts of sexuality; title: The fate of the family; title: Eugenics; title: The population lobby; title: Governments as family planners; title: The reproductive future; title: The myth of overpopulation.