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transemacabre) wrote2013-04-08 10:08 pm
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Jesus Fucking Christ
A thread about fetuses (surprisingly enough, not abortion-related) got fairly wanky on FFA, and a nonny added something to the discussion that actually made my jaw drop.

How can you say, even in jest (and apparently she's not joking), that a medical professional should be more willing to sterilize you because you're black? I'm all for people getting sterilized if that's what they want, but to sincerely believe that an OBGYN should look at you and see, not a patient, but a black person, and that they should be eager to sterilize you because of that, is beyond disturbing. I'm not exactly a SJW, god knows I'm not, but y'all are aware that ethnic minorities and other "undesirables" have a long history of being forcibly sterilized or having their children taken by the states in which they live, right? And to imply that you expect that sort of treatment is... jesus fucking christ.

How can you say, even in jest (and apparently she's not joking), that a medical professional should be more willing to sterilize you because you're black? I'm all for people getting sterilized if that's what they want, but to sincerely believe that an OBGYN should look at you and see, not a patient, but a black person, and that they should be eager to sterilize you because of that, is beyond disturbing. I'm not exactly a SJW, god knows I'm not, but y'all are aware that ethnic minorities and other "undesirables" have a long history of being forcibly sterilized or having their children taken by the states in which they live, right? And to imply that you expect that sort of treatment is... jesus fucking christ.
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And while I don't doubt that some medical professionals are biased against blacks, to expect them to be and to be annoyed when that doesn't work in your favor... jesus fucking christ.
Somewhat on topic, I've wondered before why doctors are so reluctant to sterilize women -- the consensus seems to be, whatever the race of the woman, the doctor will try to get out of it whenever possible. I wonder if they're terrified of having the bejaysus sued out of them a few years down the line when a patient changes her mind and gets pissed that she got herself sterilized young. Guys seem to have an easier time of it, if only because most of the male sterilization procedures are not that complicated to reverse. But if you're a woman and you get all the plumbing ripped out, you're kinda fucked if you change your mind down the road and decide babiesbabiesbabies.
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(Doctors are oddly reluctant to do permenant birth control for women - when my mother asked for one in the 80s, after her second high-risk pregnancy and emergency C-section, the surgeon tried repeatedly to convince her that she she should wait because she was "still so young" and "might want more children," despite the fact that she already had two kids)
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(I'd love to know if there was some particular reason doctors are reluctant to sterilize women who wish to be sterilized, or if it's just a mentality that is very, very widespread.)