In the article\u00a0“Revolution and the Family”, Wendy Goldman discussed the ideas of abortion and women in the Soviet Union. \u00a0She discussed how women in the Soviet Union,\u00a0believed and even acted on using abortion in their lives. \u00a0She argued that abortion was used more often with women who were\u00a0in comfortable positions, such as being married, than women who were unmarried, jobless, or young. \u00a0To prove her argument, she looked at influences in Soviet society that helped women in stable conditions make such decisions.<\/p>\n
So why did Soviet women, the married and stable ones, decide to use abortion? \u00a0Wendy Goldman noted that the use of abortion was evident\u00a0from the mid 1920s until the\u00a0prohibition of abortion in 1936. \u00a0During this time, Goldman noted that abortion was a result of two important aspects. \u00a0First, she noted that during the 1920s, there had been the problem of overcrowding of children in Soviet homes.((Wendy Goldman, “Revolution and the Family” in\u00a0The Stalin Revolution: Foundations of the Totalitarian Era.\u00a0<\/em>4th edition. Edited by Robert V Daniels. \u00a0Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. 163)) \u00a0This can be contributed to two factors. \u00a0First, the devastating effects of World War I and the Russian Civil War left many children parentless, thus creating influxes of adopted children throughout homes. \u00a0Second,\u00a0Goldman pointed to the idea of Stalins policies that everyone works, both men and women. \u00a0Thus, opportunities in the workforce and the military opened up for women, allowing them to leave the home. \u00a0Wendy Goldman noted that the number of women entering the workforce between 1930 and 1931 “in heavy industry leaped suddenly from 22 percent to 42 percent.” (((Wendy Goldman, “Revolution and the Family” in\u00a0The Stalin Revolution: Foundations of the Totalitarian Era.\u00a0<\/em>4th edition. Edited by Robert V Daniels. \u00a0Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. 164)) As a result of the rapid jump in the number of women entering the workforce, women who were in stable conditions tended to abort their children because\u00a0because of the strain pregnancy and taking care of children were on the women.<\/p>\n Considering Wendy Goldmans piece on abortion, do you think that this was true among all ethnic groups? \u00a0Or do you think it was only true among ethnic Russians?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the article\u00a0“Revolution and the Family”, Wendy Goldman discussed the ideas of abortion and women in the Soviet Union. \u00a0She discussed how women in the Soviet Union,\u00a0believed and even acted on using abortion in their lives. \u00a0She argued that abortion … Continue reading