Women’s Reproductive Solutions. History Assignment

Women’s Reproductive Solutions
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Women’s Reproductive Solutions in the 19TH Century and their Historic and Contemporary Impact
The reproductive solutions of women in the 19th century were greatly influenced by religion as well as cultural beliefs towards gender and sexuality. In this regard, women received unfair and unequal treatment compared to their male counterparts. Accordingly, they did not have the opportunity to voice their desires on reproductive and consequent family matters. Consequently, this resulted to roles and situations which most of the women did not appreciate in society. In the contemporary world, religion, culture as well as health care all have an influence in women’s reproductive and sexual behavior. However, women’s movements that began in the 19th century have been instrumental in changing most of the cultural and religious perspectives on women’s reproductive solutions (McBride & Parry, 2016). This has been due to the need for equality and the fact that outcomes of sexual and reproductive health in a society are reflected by the women’s reproductive solutions. In light of this, religious and culture affiliation have been evident in influencing issues such as; use of anesthetic, contraceptives, and abortion. This paper seeks insight on the different types of women’s reproductive solutions in the 19th century as well as their evolution and influence on the historic and contemporary society.
Historically, women did not have any rights regarding solutions to their reproductive issues. All these rights were accorded to men given that the society regarded them as better in terms of decision making. In this regard, men superimposed decisions concerning abortion, sex life and the use of contraceptives on women. Women were expected to obey accordingly since their main purpose was to bear children, bring them up in a good way and look after their husbands. Conversely, even when women got pregnant by other men through circumstances such as rape, they were expected to keep the children (García-Moreno, et al. 2015). However, most of these women would opt to abort the children even though it was illegal. In most other instances, women who lived in areas where rape culture was common, opted to use traditional birth control for their own benefits. Other situations which forced women to engage in reproductive solutions include; when married women were not willing to start a family, when they did not want to get married to a man who had impregnated them, and when they needed to overcome infections. Majority of the birth control techniques in use during this period were conducted by the women with the help of their mothers, but under the influence of their husbands.
In climates that accommodated papayas, the native women living there used different parts of the plant to solve for their reproductive systems. For instance; such native women would chew on the papaya leaves as a mode of birth control. This was necessary especially in regions that had been colonized and the women risked being raped by the foreign invaders. Accordingly, this birth control method was vital in ensuring that the local women were prevented fr...