In The Lost Babies of Tuam, Dan Barry explains that, “The mother and baby homes mirrored the Mother Ireland of the time” (Barry 19). While trying to investigate on who is directly responsible for the atrocities that happened to families of wedlock in Ireland, Barry found that this treatment directly reflected the views of the Irish people at the time. The church might have been the ones directly hurting these people, the state contracted them and the state is a direct representation of the people. Also, while this was happening and many years after, no one stepped in to stop this mistreatment. This chain of belief starts from the community. Children and mothers of wedlock were segregated and shunned from normal society because they were different and considered less. To rid their fear of an inferior part of their society the “Mother Ireland” decided to discriminate and separate those of wedlock from society. This change can cause many dilemmas among those who are divergent from …show more content…
In The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield, Daniel Engber describes the story of a mentally disabled man being taken advantage of by his teacher. This case went before a jury and Anna Stubblefield was convicted of sexual assault on D.J, the mentally disabled man, as he had no way of giving his consent (Engber 26). This abuse was caused by the improper care of D.J. As he was thought of someone different from the rest of society, he was ignored, which later caused him to be sexually assaulted. Society almost tries to ignore the existence of those who are disabled as they are thought to be less than them. This isolation from society causes them to receive improper treatment and care. If society was to focus on those who are disabled as much as they care about themselves, D.J would have been saved from this horrible atrocity he was forced to go