sorry but why
why have 10 kids when you have little hope to support them???
shareThere wasn't any good method for birth control in those days except for condoms. Her family was Irish Catholic, and they don't believe in birth control either.
Mommy to two little monsters
I agree with the both of you.
you can't fight in here, this is the war room!
It's actually a bit more complex than that. It's not that they don't believe in birth control, it's that any form of birth control beyond natural family planning (i.e. the rhythm method) is a sin. That means that coitus interruptus is considered just as grave a sin as abortion in terms of birth control, at least according to the church. This is still the case, despite the 1966 Papal Commission on Birth Control's decision to relax harsher views, the then Pope (John VI) rebutted this in 1968.
The Church's position is that the purpose of sex within the confines of marriage is procreation, and anything that prevents procreation (in other words, sex for sex sake) is verboten. Initially, even the rhythm method was considered to be a sin, but as it does not directly prevent life from occurring, it's now acceptable. It's an interesting stance, in that some of the poorest countries in the world with large birthrates (and subsequently high infant mortality rates) are predominantly Catholic. The cynic in me can't help but think that the Church is just mass producing adherents to their religion.
Thank you for going into more detail. I can't believe even the rhythm method was considered a sin.
Mommy to two little monsters
I think you misunderstood. The way I read the explanation is that the rhythm method was the only form of birth control that *was* allowed.
Basically, if you didn't want to have kids, you had to plan your sex to avoid ovulation days.
Back in that day, my mother used to offer this method of birth control (in relation to huge families), "Don't have sex at all." She probably meant of any kind!
"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne
Don't have sex at all."
And we all know this not realistic.
Birth control has been the biggest liberator of woman over anything else, including the vote.
But what is so sad is that poor people, of every country, still do not understand this, and they (especially females) still find themselves financially burdened because they have to quit school and take menial jobs.
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