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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Baby Boomer: The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964 during the mid-20th century baby boom. 1962 the birth control pills came. The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive in 1960. Within 2 years of its initial distribution, 1.2 million American women were using the birth control pill, or the "pill," as it is popularly known. This was the end of the baby boom.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Perhaps part of the reason they seem... different... to younger generations is related to the fact that there would have been a higher percentage of unwanted pregnancies for their cohort than the ones that followed.

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