2017
DOI: 10.3917/adh.132.0165
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Courtship and Bridal Pregnancy in The Netherlands, 1870-1950

Abstract: Bien que mal perçues, les grossesses prénuptiales étaient un phénomène courant au début du xx e siècle, aux Pays-Bas, comme dans beaucoup d’autres pays européens. Leur nombre diffère cependant, tant régionalement que socialement, sans qu’il n’existe d’explication claire à ces variations. La sexualité avant le mariage était risquée au regard des méthodes contraceptives alors utilisées. Qui a pris ces risques et dans quelles circonstances ? Qu’est-ce qui, dans l’environnement des couples non mariés, les a « auto… Show more

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“…Another (non-mutually exclusive) explanation for elevated EPP rates in the lower socio-economic classes is that social fathers have less of an incentive to prevent EPP, because they do not have much wealth to be inherited by their offspring [10]. In sociology, the similarly high rates of illegitimacy observed among the lower classes in mid-19 th -century Western Europe and increased sexual risk-taking observed in this segment of the population has been explained as a reflection of a greater desire for sexual emancipation or upward social mobility [22][23][24]29], although other scholars have also pointed out the greater vulnerability to male sexual violence and exploitation caused by poor working and living conditions [24,29,30]. This dual explanation also applies to the EPP patterns we observe, but, without knowing the identity and the social class of the biological father in the case of an EPP event, it cannot be tested here.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another (non-mutually exclusive) explanation for elevated EPP rates in the lower socio-economic classes is that social fathers have less of an incentive to prevent EPP, because they do not have much wealth to be inherited by their offspring [10]. In sociology, the similarly high rates of illegitimacy observed among the lower classes in mid-19 th -century Western Europe and increased sexual risk-taking observed in this segment of the population has been explained as a reflection of a greater desire for sexual emancipation or upward social mobility [22][23][24]29], although other scholars have also pointed out the greater vulnerability to male sexual violence and exploitation caused by poor working and living conditions [24,29,30]. This dual explanation also applies to the EPP patterns we observe, but, without knowing the identity and the social class of the biological father in the case of an EPP event, it cannot be tested here.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The profile of this extremely high fertility group fits well with couples in which the bride was already pregnant. In Zeeland, bridal pregnancy occurred among 40% of all couples during the second half of the 19th century, and this percentage was even higher during the first half of the 19th century (Kok, Bras, & Rotering, 2016). Such high fertility couples may have been more fecund, less knowledgeable about reproductive control, or may simply have been more reckless than others.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In fact, there were all kinds of local practices in which unmarried couples had sex in peer-controlled settings. In case the young woman involved got pregnant, the mating partner would voluntarily or under pressure of the parents and/or others, marry her (Kok, Bras & Rotering, 2016). However, from the latter half of the 18th century on, there was a significant increase in the number of out-of-wedlock births in Western European societies, which peaked in the course of the 19th century, before declining by the end of the 19th century, although the timing varied across regions (Kok, 2005;Matthijs, 2001).…”
Section: Fertility Declinementioning
confidence: 99%