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Hofmaimaier ( EherVielleicht@feddit.de )  to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

birth control pills ended the baby boomer generation

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birth control pills ended the baby boomer generation

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Hofmaimaier ( EherVielleicht@feddit.de )  to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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  • guyrocket ( guyrocket@kbin.social ) 
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    Birth control pills? Huh?

    • Hofmaimaier ( EherVielleicht@feddit.de ) OP
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      Baby Boomer: The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964 during the mid-20th century baby boom. 1962 the birth control pills came. The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive in 1960. Within 2 years of its initial distribution, 1.2 million American women were using the birth control pill, or the “pill,” as it is popularly known. This was the end of the baby boom.

      • Piers ( Piers@beehaw.org ) 
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        Perhaps part of the reason they seem… different… to younger generations is related to the fact that there would have been a higher percentage of unwanted pregnancies for their cohort than the ones that followed.

      • glad_cat ( glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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        Boomers appeared because the war ended, not because there was a lack of pills.

      • onion ( onion@feddit.de ) 
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        Similar baby booms happened in other parts of the world, though the exact dates differ.
        So somebody on the internet referring to boomers might mean people born in the late 60s as well.

  • FunkyMonk ( FunkyMonk@kbin.social ) 
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    Respect? I would settle for without the vitriol or ‘hardsell’ types.

  • Send_me_nude_girls ( Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de ) 
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    Anti Baby Pill is a good thing.

    • vrighter ( vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      why are you speaking in german?

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