Acceptance of Birth Control and the Emotionalization of the Modern Family in Japan

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  • 日本近代における避妊の受容と家族の情緒化
  • -Discourse Analysis on Women's Magazines in the 1920's-
  • －1920年代を中心とした女性雑誌の言説分析－

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the reality of birth control in marriages and explicate the meanings and the images given to married couples and families through an analysis of the description of birth control mainly in the 1920's. Therefore this paper examines articles in two female magazines; “Fujin-koron" and “Syufu-no-tomo" 1916 to 1930.The discussion is developed as follows: 1.In the 1920's both sexual control by men and birth control in the family had emerged as social issues. 2. Husbands as well as wives were involved in birth control. Husbands' initiative in birth control was induced by sexualization within marriage. 3.People from the new middle class had an image of a blissful married life and they had actually created intimate relationships by conversing openly about birth control. This leads to the conclusion that the willingness to accept birth control is an important factor in promoting the emotionalization of families.

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  • CRID
    1390282681311412096
  • NII Article ID
    130004510499
  • DOI
    10.11428/jhej.61.265
  • ISSN
    18820352
    09135227
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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