ABSTRACT

This afterward argues that the articles in this special issue show that while the desire to control fertility is as ubiquitous as sex in recorded human history, so too are efforts to govern it by states, religious institutions, and families. What distinguishes the modern era is thinking about fertility control in terms of populations—and hence, to a greater or lesser extent, state-organized eugenic schemes. In the most recent period, however, we see the emergence of regimes of austerity and privatization that seemingly privatize the stratification of reproduction, while resulting in more extreme downward pressure on fertility rates of impoverished people than eugenics was ever able to accomplish.

摘要

此后认为，本期特刊中的文章表明，虽然控制生育的愿望在有记载的人类历史中与性一样普遍，但国家、宗教机构和家庭对其进行管理的努力也是如此。现代时代的不同之处在于从人口的角度考虑生育控制——因此，或多或少地，国家组织的优生计划。然而，在最近的一段时间里，我们看到出现了看似将生殖分层私有化的紧缩和私有化制度，同时导致贫困人口生育率的下行压力比优生学所能实现的还要大。