In a recent study published in the UPI Health News, transgender adults were found to be twenty two times more likely to commit suicide than the general population. These individuals struggle with the hardship of being different than what is considered “normal”. In Lusus Naturae, a girl also faces the problem of being different from the community. In The Lost Children of Taum, Dan Barry exposes the treatment of families of wedlock. In Know Thyself, Bence Nanay explains the constant struggle of being someone who is different from their perception of themself. Clarice Lispector, in Report on a Thing, shows the true statement of time through Sveglia. Lastly, in The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield, Daniel Engber explains the complicated story
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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
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