Sterilization in Alberta, 1928 to 1972
Gender Matters
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 12925357 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jana Grekul (0000-0001-7566-7000, University of Alberta, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2008 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 247-266 |
| Data de publicação | 2008-08-01 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2008.00014.x |
| PMID | 19579351 |
| OpenAlex | W2085632521 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
| Referências citadas | 10 |
Alberta, Canada, passed a Sexual Sterilization Act in 1928 and up until its repeal in 1972, over 2,800 people were sterilized. Women were overrepresented in the number of sterilizations performed. This paper explores how changing understandings of eugenics led to a subtle transformation which resulted in a "two-pronged" system that targeted mentally defective men, often a danger to society, and mentally normal but morally abnormal women who consented to sterilization. The end result was success for the movement in terms of the types and numbers of people sterilized, and in the longevity of the program
Art · Ethnology · Eugenics · Gynecology · Human sexuality · Humanities · Political science · Repeal · Sexology · Sociology · Sterilization (economics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medical History and Research · Medicine · Philosophy
| Citações por ano | 0,36 |
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| Intervalo de citações | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Altamente citado | Não |