methinks mr. hucksteen in particular be a winner of a rather large asshole prize. i get the feeling that this was less about claudia being a squib in itself than somehow related to trying to attack/get back at/put in his place a rival through his kid which is...:/
several US states had sterilization programs as part of the whole eugenics pseudoscience movement so in any case its not wizards only on the asshole thing...
Oh yes, he was undoubtedly trying to get at Abraham. The natural question, then, is why?
Yeah, I knew about eugenics. It was...well, not a very good time in our history to say the least. But at least we Muggles managed to get rid of those laws before the 80s...
yeah, also in the 50s-70s population control was a big thing in international development in the sense of belief that controlling population expansion in developing countries was key to economic development, which led to international institutions supporting some...unfortunate things. indhira ghandi in India specifically took the whole forced sterililization to ridiculous lengths...i took a women in the world economy class once and we watched this horrifying video...one part had this doctor who was like 'I can sterilize 100 women a day no problem! if it wasnt for those pesky restrictions i could do even more!' :/
Thing is, considering that China's one policy is relatively even handed (one for everyone) and has some justification given the circumstances it is an improvement over eugenics programs that bluntly target people who others decide just shouldn't breed.
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Date: 2012-04-09 08:02 pm (UTC)But seriously: Wizards really are huge assholes. :O
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Date: 2012-04-09 08:10 pm (UTC)several US states had sterilization programs as part of the whole eugenics pseudoscience movement so in any case its not wizards only on the asshole thing...
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Date: 2012-04-09 08:28 pm (UTC)Yeah, I knew about eugenics. It was...well, not a very good time in our history to say the least. But at least we Muggles managed to get rid of those laws before the 80s...
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Date: 2012-04-09 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-09 08:44 pm (UTC)On the other hand, while researching I did find this out:
1) In the 1970s Richard Nixon had Medicaid give "voluntary" sterilizations to poor people, mainly minorities.
2) Today, 17 countries in the European Union sterilize people who want to legally change their sex.
So, um...yeah. Maybe in this area we are as asshole-ish as wizards are. :(
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Date: 2012-04-09 08:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-09 09:13 pm (UTC)Compared to that, I suppose China's one child policy can be considered the lesser of two evils.
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Date: 2012-04-09 09:30 pm (UTC)