Talk:Oneida Society
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I agree with Oichiro. This site: http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1989/1/89.01.04.x.html#h has a section on stirpiculture, which is a reproductive technique used in the Oneida Community. Dstarisbeastin 17:34, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
I think this article should mention "stirpiculture," one of the most notable practices of Oneida Society. --Oichiro 05:37, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
There were initially some forty-five members to the community. The community grew slowly (72 members by February of 1850, 205 by February of 1851, and 306 members by 1878)
What is the benchmark for growth rate? In other words, why is this considered "slow"? --Calieber 15:24, Nov 5, 2003 (UTC)
And another thing.
There were smaller communities in Wallingford, Newark, Putney, Cambridge, and Manlius for a short time.
Did any or all of these smaller communities have some connection to Oneida -- offshoots, branches, consciously copying the model, that sort of thing? Otherwise it's an interesting bit of trivia but could perhaps be rephrased or moved further down the article. Also, I know off the top of my head of three towns called "Newark" between the Potomac and St. Lawrence Rivers; which one is being referred to here? --Calieber 15:32, Nov 5, 2003 (UTC)
My wife remembers visiting the Mansion house when she was very young. She and her classmates played in the children's house basement among shackles. During the tour, she was told of cages for holding the "undesireables" or deformed. In all the research we have done, we cannot find any record of such children being born or dying. Furthermore, the practice of sex without ejaculation had to have had it's foibles. Why are there no unwanted births whatsoever? A society of 300 should at least have one or two children who were born with defects or aberrations. This needs to be explained.
- Unlike the Pitcairn Islands this was a short-lived community lasting only a few decades. Unless the members were mostly related to begin with, I see no reason why the deleterious effects of inbreeding could not have been minimized.