The long standing practice of infanticide. Every culture has a story or two about it, and for the Japanese, the history behind the practice of "Mabiki" is one to hear about.
Huge shout out to Linfamy for his video on the topic! Not like he'll ever see this but go check out his video if you haven't already!
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Today's case involves children and talk of abortion.
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Resources:
Drixler, Fabian. Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950. : University of California Press, 26. California Scholarship Online. Date Accessed 13 Dec. 2021 https://california.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1525/california/9780520272439.001.0001/upso-9780520272439.
Linfamy. Mabiki: The Japanese Practice of Killing Your ... - Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rURMmLyqtOk.
Linfamy. The Anti Baby-Killing Movement in Japan - Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1rbtXLsVwA.
Yu, A. C. “Monme (a Weight Unit in the Japanese Traditional System of Weights and Measures) - Japanese Wiki Corpus.” Monme (A Weight Unit in The Japanese Traditional System of Weights And Measures) - Japanese Wiki Corpus, https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/history/Monme%20(A%20Weight%20Unit%20in%20The%20Japanese%20Traditional%20System%20of%20Weights%20And%20Measures).html.
