Birth Control and Eugenics (Patreon)
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Hello TimeGhost Army!
Due to some technical problems with Patreon, we're a bit late with the posting of today's B2W: Zeitgeist! episode. We apologize for that, now we're finally here!
This season, we look at two rising social trends which share many supporters: eugenics and birth control.
While not all advocates of birth control believe in the fictional science that is eugenics, nearly all eugenicists believe birth control to be a crucial tool in genetic engineering. In both instances the established power of the Church is intolerant to the rising social prominence of these practices. This is all perfectly embodied in a controversial court case between an activist and Catholic doctor that grabs the attention of Britain.
It is exactly stories like these that we try to bring to you at TimeGhost. While dates, names, troop movements, and maps are all very interesting, understanding a historical time period requires us to look at much less readily available information as well. The case covered in today's episode truly does capture the Zeitgeist, or TimeGhost, of the era.
What case studies do you think future historians will look to in order to understand the Zeitgeist of our era, and how this Zeitgeist affects our approach to human reproduction?