NOT ENOUGH OF US
Sir,-As the mother of two small children and the wife of an airman, may I say that I don’t think small houses, birth control, selfishness, etc., are sufficient to kill the desire for increased families. The urge to create is too strong within us to allow for pettiness, but because we do create life (in other words, increase the population), we want that life — our children-to survive. Let the men who condemn birth-control (I have yet to
hear a woman condemn it), turn their energies to finding a solution to war and a preventive of war; then when we see a reasonable chance of peace and happiness for the future race, we can give full reign to that creative urge and the decreasing population question will be solved, It is stupid to blame women’s selfishness and birth-control methods when in two successive generations the healthiest men, and therefore the best material for parenthood, are killed or wounded in warfare. If it was a joking matter, I’d suggest that future wars be fought with Grade 3 and 4 men.
MRS
J.
PEARCE
(Lower Hutt).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 209, 25 June 1943, Page 3
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187NOT ENOUGH OF US New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 209, 25 June 1943, Page 3
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