American women in the 1950s got married at very young ages. Many of the women that got married before their 19th birthday got pregnant 7 months after their weddings. The new parents of the postwar era did not stop at one child or even two. So because of that, between 1940 and 1960 birth rate doubled for the third children and quadrupled for fourth children. Mostly everybody used birth control except for the Roman Catholics who were against it. Americans were the ones who didn't have a problem with it. Famillies also didn't approve if the women were having premarital sex; women didn't care and still did what they wanted. These women faced disapproval from their famliy and unwanted pregnancy. Women taking these actions used different ways of birth control. For example one way was obvously the condom that you could buy at the drug store. Three other ways werewithdrawl, douching, and rythm to make sure they didn't become pregnant.
In the mid 1950s, the use of the pill by an unmarried woman were judged differently, depending on their social class. Many people frowned upon single women from the middle or upper classes using the pill, or any form of birth control, because it implied, correctly, or not only that these women were having sex but that they were planning ahead for it. the moral implications of sexual activity among lower-class unmarried women elicited less concern than did the economic effect of unwanted babies. women who requested oral contraceptives found their physicians became more active participants in their medical care and in so doing ultimately helped to shifted the power in the traditional doctor-patient relationship.
In the mid 1950s, the use of the pill by an unmarried woman were judged differently, depending on their social class. Many people frowned upon single women from the middle or upper classes using the pill, or any form of birth control, because it implied, correctly, or not only that these women were having sex but that they were planning ahead for it. the moral implications of sexual activity among lower-class unmarried women elicited less concern than did the economic effect of unwanted babies. women who requested oral contraceptives found their physicians became more active participants in their medical care and in so doing ultimately helped to shifted the power in the traditional doctor-patient relationship.