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| Refers to being encouraged to breed a 'racially superior' 'master race' by restricting contraception and abortions. Women were kept out of the workplace and were confined to the "Kitchen, Church and Children". This policy declared that anyone "unfit" to breed must be sterilised, although many were sent to concentration camps anyway. |
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| Refers to controlling their population growth by means of discouraging parents from having more than one child. This meant that women had to get permission from Workplace Family Planning Committees in order to get pregnant; also families that abided the rules received free child care and benefits, but those families who didn't abide received fines and were forced to pay higher taxes. Also, women were pressured into being sterilised after their first child. |
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| "Abolishing the family" policy |
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| The Russian Federation sought to destroy the patriarchal family structure that was an obstacle in a socialist society (based on equality). Policies made it easier to divorce and get abortions or contraception. |
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| Communist Government of Romania policy |
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| A set of policies that aimed to increase the birth rate that was very low. Means included restricting contraception, infertility treatment centres, divorce was made almost impossible, lowered the legal marriage age to 15, and taxed unmarried or childless people 5% extra! |
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| Refers to social policies either encouraging or discouraging gender inequality in the family and the workplace. |
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| Where a country bases their family policies on the assumption that the majority of its families are headed by a male breadwinner who supports the family, whilst the wife stays at home and is responsible for domestic tasks and child rearing. For example, Greece do not publicly fund childcare so mothers stay at home to care for the kids. |
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| Individualistic gender regime |
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| Where a country bases their family policies on the assumption that the majority of its families have equal status between the couple. The wife does not rely on the husbands wage because she too works. Each partner is entitled to their own state benefits. As seen in Sweden, where equal opportunity policies are in place. |
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| Donzelot: a view that sees social policies as a form of state power over families. For example, doctors and social workers surveillance families to keep them in good conduct. |
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