- Headline: "Britain: Surge in Disorderly Unions (Promiscuous Intercourse) Among the Lower Classes"
- Source: Chosun Ilbo
- Date of Publication: October 23, 1974
- Summary:
Sir Keith Joseph, a prominent leader of the British Conservative Party, stated on the 19th that British society is under threat due to the rising number of illegitimate births and unstable relationships among the lower classes. He expressed concern that the increase in children from impoverished families is driven by unwed mothers who lack the ability to raise them properly. He lamented the growing trend of tolerating such societal phenomena since the end of World War II and urged stronger birth-control measures for the lower-income population with low levels of education. Eugenics, which expressed concerns about the increasing birth rate among the lower classes, merged with the birth control movement in the 20th century, integrating itself into the realm of managing everyday sexuality (see Is There a Class in Life?: Politics of Gene and British Eugenics (unofficial translation) by Woon-Ok Yeom). The 1970s call by a British Conservative MP to “suppress childbirths among unwed mothers and lower-class women” can be seen as a continuation of this longstanding eugenic tradition.
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