History of sex - Artificial birth control

History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia II - History of sex - The sexual revolution

Main article: Sexual revolution The sexual revolution was a substantial change in sexual morality and sexual behaviour throughout the West in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One factor in the change of values pertaining to sexual activities was the improvement of the technologies used for the control of fertility. Prime among them, at that time, was the birth control pill. ...

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Birth control - Protection against sexually-transmitted infections

Birth control - Religious and cultural attitudes toward birth control

History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Consensual crime

A consensual or victimless crime is behavior that is considered a crime, even though all of those involved in the act give consent, and no third parties suffer as a direct result. Political leaders may justify criminalizing such behavior because of indirect effects on third parties, or because of offense to cultural norms, or because the law assumes that one of the parties to the ac ...

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Incest

Incest is sexual activity or marriage between very close family members. It is a taboo, as well as a criminal offense, in most societies. The same restrictions usually apply to sexual unions as they do to marriage. The precise meaning of incest varies widely, because different cultures have differing notions of "sexual activity" and "close family member." Some jurisdictions consider only those related by birth, others also those related by adoption or marriage; some prohibit sexual relations between people who grew up in the same household, while others prohibit sexual relations betw ...

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Incest - In religious traditions

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Abortion debate

Throughout history, induced abortions have been a source of considerable debate and controversy. An individual's personal stance on the complex ethical, moral, and legal issues has a strong relationship with the given individual's value system. A person's position on abortion may be described as a combination of their personal beliefs on the morality of induced abortion and the ethical limit of the government's legitimate authority. Political sides have largely been separated into absolute extremes — either seeking to make all abortion illegal, or to perm ...

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Abortion debate - Official positions

Abortion debate - History of the debate in the United States

Abortion debate - Modern arguments

History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Brave New World

Brave New World is a 1932 dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley, set in London in the 26th century. The novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, eugenics and hypnopedia that combine to change society. The world it describes could in fact also be a utopia, albeit an ironic one: Humanity is carefree, healthy, and technologically advanced. Warfare and poverty have been eliminated, all races are equal, and everyone is permanently happy. The irony is, however, that all of these things have been achieved by eliminating many things — family, cultura ...

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Brave New World - Synopsis

Brave New World - Characters

Brave New World - The World State

History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Adoption

Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. Adoption results in the severing of the parental responsibilities and rights of the biological parents and the placing of those responsibilities and rights onto the adoptive parents. After the finalization of an adoption, there is little or no legal difference between biological and adopted children. Different jurisdictions have varying laws on adoption and post-adoption. Some practice confidential or closed ad ...

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Toilet

A toilet is a plumbing fixture and a disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes urine and feces. In addition to this primary purpose, it is frequently used to dispose of other waste matter. The word toilet can be used to refer to the fixture itself or the room containing it; the latter predominates mainly in British and Commonwealth usage. Toilet - Etymology. The word toilet came to be used in English along with other French fashions (first noted 1681), and ...

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Toilet - Etymology

Toilet - Types of toilets

Toilet - Bibliography

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the process of a woman feeding an infant or young child with milk produced from her breasts, usually directly from the nipples. Babies have a sucking urge that usually enables them to take in the milk, provided there is a good latch, a detached phrenulum, and a milk supply. Breast milk has been shown to be best for feeding a child if the mother does not have any transmissible infections. Nevertheless, some mothers do not breastfeed their children, either for personal or medical reasons. Some diseases, such as H ...

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Breastfeeding - Difficulties with breastfeeding

Breastfeeding - Feeding options and requirements

Breastfeeding - Breastfeeding method

Breastfeeding - History of breastfeeding

Breastfeeding - Lactation without pregnancy

History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Life expectancy

Life expectancy is the average number of years remaining for a living being (or the average for a class of living beings) of a given age to live. Life expectancy is also called average life span or mean life span, in particular distinction to maximum life span (the life span of the most long lived members of a class of living beings). Although it is common usage to talk about life expectancy of any living being ranging from trees, insects, dogs, stroke victims, to mine workers, this article focuses on human life e ...

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Life expectancy - Increasing lifespan

History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Giant Panda

The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca "black-and-white cat-foot") is a mammal now usually classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central and southern China [1]. Pandas eat bamboo. Easily recognizable through its large, distinctive black patches on the eyes, ears and on its rotund body, the Giant Panda is one of the most endangered animals in the world: an estimated 1,600 pandas live in the wild and some 160 of them live in captivity, according to a 2004 census [2]. Giant Panda - General ...

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Human

Humans or human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for "wise man" or "thinking man"): a bipedal primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, together with the other apes: chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons. Humans have an erect body carriage that frees their upper limbs for manipulating objects and a highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning, speech, language, and ...

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Human - Culture

Human - Mind

Human - Spirit

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Horse

The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the ten modern species of the genus Equus. It has long played an important role in transport, whether ridden or used for pulling vehicles. They are also used for food. Though horses may have been domesticated in one isolated locale in 4500 BC, the unequivocal date of (1) domestication and (2) use as a means of transport dates to no earlier than circa 2000 BC, evidenced by the Sintashta chariot buri ...

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Horse - Domestication of the horse and surviving wild species

Horse - Wild vs. feral horses

Horse - Other equids

Horse - Evolution

Horse - The origin of modern horse breeds

Horse - Horses in sport today

Horse - Miscellaneous

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Culture of Quebec

As a North American society and the only society on the continent with a French-speaking majority, the culture of the province of Quebec, Canada shows many unique features. On the whole, this culture differs from that of the well over 300 million English-speaking citizens of Canada and the United States who surround it, as well as from that of France. For historical and linguistic reasons, Quebec also has cultural links with other North American French speaking communities, particularly with the Acadians of New Brunswick and to a lesser extent with the French Canadian communities of northern Ontario a ...

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882) was a British naturalist who achieved lasting fame by establishing the fact of evolution and originating the theory that this could be explained through natural and sexual selection. He developed his interest in natural history while studying first medicine, then theology, at university. Darwin's five-year voyage on the Beagle and subsequent writings brought him eminence as a geologist and fame as a popular author. His biological observations led him to study t ...

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Charles Darwin - Life

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Aztec

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. They were a civilization with a rich mythology and cultural heritage. Their capital was Tenochtitlan, built on raised islets in Lake Texcoco – the site of modern-day Mexico City. Aztec - Terminology. In Nahuatl, the native language of the 'Aztec', "Azteca" means "someone who comes from Aztlán", a mythical place in northern Mexico. However, the Aztec referred to themselves as Mexica (IPA Including:

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; Spanish: Benedicto XVI; French: Benoît XVI), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger (April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany), is the 265th and reigning pope, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State. He was elected on April 19, 2005, in a papal conclave over which he presided in his capacity as dean of the College of Cardinals. He celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on April 24, 2005, and took possession of his cath ...

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History of sex - Artificial birth control: Encyclopedia - 1978

1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). 1978 - Events. January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 - Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay - 213 dead. January 4 - Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. January 6 - The Hungarian Holy Crown (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) returned to Hungary from the U ...