Government in the bedroom (Video)
Government in the bedroom (Video)
- August 4, 2016
- Sociology professor Wang Feng comments on National Geographic Channel: Original Sin: Sex, Aug. 4, 2016
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One child policy. In an effort to fix its overpopulation issues, China enacted an
extreme child-planning policy that lasted 35 years. Feng Wang, Ph.D. School of Social
Sciences, University of California, Irvine, [said]: “Women were forced to undergo
abortions, sterilization and when families tried to resist the policy, their houses
were torn down. … I think one of the main lessons learned is the danger for the government
to go so far into people’s bedrooms.”
For the full story, please visit http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/original-sin-sex/videos/government-in-the-bedroom/.
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