Gender Construction in Swedish and French Abortion and Contraception Policies, 1900-1940

• Discusses the relation between gender and social politics in the formative periods of the Swedish and French welfare states, 1900-40. Specifically, the author analyzes the motives behind abortion and contraception policies as they can be seen in the parliamentarian debates of the time. Swedish and French abortion and contraception politics in the early 20th century produced and reproduced the concept that men were citizens and women were mothers.

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Jämförande historia

kvinnohistoria

genus

sexualitet

politisk historia

socialpolitik

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