SO245 SOCIAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
So245 Social Impact Of Technology
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Institution
Technology has affected the social settings within the world in many different ways. The social settings range from the family as a unit to the way people interact and live in the community at large. Child birth control forms one fragile issue that technology has effected changes in many ways. Consequently, it has caused a rift between individuals in support of childbirth control and those against it. Nonetheless, world arguments have developed from different regions of the earth in support of the matter and those against it. The arguments are based on the social lifestyle of individuals and others go to the extent of involving religious beliefs.
Overpopulation is a worldwide renowned argument, which for many people is in support of childbirth control. Overpopulation could be dangerous especially in the future, where the number of people will outgrow the available resources that can cater for them at any time. China is an example of a country that supports childbirth control on an extremely serious level. This follows its overpopulation occurrence, which has seen the country coming up with the one child per family policy to regulate the country’s birth rate. Such policies prevent probability of overpopulation, which has proved to be a pandemic that is hard to control.
The use of birth control helps families sire children when they are emotionally and financially ready. This ensures that parents get the number of children they can comfortably take care of and space them well without restrictions or “accidents” or unwanted pregnancy. Awareness on birth control methods has led to the empowerment of people especially women. It has also helped many people understand the role they play in bringing children to the world and any responsibilities that come along with that. With this, methods have been put in place especially to help people recover from trauma especially people like teenagers who go through rape ordeals.
Proper and effective economic management is another crucial argument for birth control. Birth control methods effectively aid governments when they make their projections and budgets. This is because they can use statistics in predicting and allocating funds channeled towards education, healthcare and food. With birth control mechanisms, everybody will have an equal share of these resources without much strain. People will also minimize dependence on the government’s provisions of extra resources that could force them to borrow or seek help.
One of the most popular arguments against birth control is linked to death. Religious organizations view the use of birth control as an immoral act of murder. These organizations only recognize natural methods such as abstinence as the only allowable method of birth control. They advocate against other methods that use artificial techniques such as taking contraception pills and methods like vasectomy and tubal ligation. Other methods such as abortion are highly condemned within the same organizations. These organizations excommunicate any member found practicing it and only allows them to be back after they have confessed their wrongdoings. Abortion is either classified as being voluntary or involuntary. Voluntary abortion is executed with the aim of terminating the life of the embryo and eliminates it from the body while involuntary abortion is done to save the life of a woman (BBC, 2012)
Some people have also argued that birth control increases the rate of immorality, thus they strongly oppose it. Critics argue that the mere presence of birth control leads to irresponsibility. This is because birth control will give women a free chance of engaging in risky sexual activities without the worry of getting pregnant. They argue that these women can easily terminate the pregnancy or use ways that avoid the pregnancy all together. With birth control methods in place, they see that having multiple partners will be a norm since the rate of promiscuity will be on the increase.
Reference:
BBC. (2012). Moral case against contraception. Retrieved on November 28, 2012, from BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/contraception/against_1.shtml