I mean, dumpster babies are an American classic in large cities. I’m far more concerned with the atrocities that aren’t as visceral as dumpster babies.
We have them here, literally in my town, of less than 50 thousand people, on the other side of the world, too…
These things are ubiquitous, in the “West. Completely ubiquitous.
Which, I guess, is somewhat surprising, but…
My state just closed the last public-funded abortion clinic, a few years back. You basically have to go interstate to get a legal abortion…
So… This is gonna happen, in all likelihood, unfortunately…
I’d say this is just one of those… Fairly inevitable societal “problems”. And pretty much always has been. 😞
Motherhood isn't any more "instinctual" than fatherhood is, and child abandonment happens in probably every species it's not supposed to happen with. If the interest isn't there, it isn't there. And there's also a thing as just plain bad mothers (and those who would abandon their offspring are pretty much "bad mothers" by definition). We learn how to be mothers by watching our own mother tend to us and our siblings, as well as babysitting as teenager ... oh, wait, that doesn't happen any more.
And it especially happens when the offspring is deformed or retarded (by species standard), like certain famous "feral" children found in the forests .... well, at least it was a way of giving back to nature, and my personal opinion is that it was the original thing behind "sacrifice", before it was twisted into something a lot less .. basic.
But this is why the "angel's cradle" was invented. There's no other way to satisfy that "Yes, I would rather give it up to adoption, but I don't want to interact with anyone while I do it" instinct. But no, can't be anonymous, the Nosey Ones just have to know who you are ...
Well-written, and extremely good points, if rather... Depressing.
I guess that is why this is such a popular "pop culture" trope, from Annie through Disney Star Wars, through Cold Case (as I mentioned elsewhere in the thread, it's a damn good episode), through bloody Stuart Little, of all things...
It's clearly part of the "human condition", as you point out, and as unfortunate as that is... Maybe even part of the "animal condition", more broadly...
It's just unfortunate that "modern society" has to... Intellectualise, institutionalise, and bastardize even this...
That's the problem with bureaucracy, innit? It absolutely just has to get its tendrils into every. single. last. thing...
It was much better when people were not aware of every atrocity in the world.
I mean, dumpster babies are an American classic in large cities. I’m far more concerned with the atrocities that aren’t as visceral as dumpster babies.
We have them here, literally in my town, of less than 50 thousand people, on the other side of the world, too…
These things are ubiquitous, in the “West. Completely ubiquitous.
Which, I guess, is somewhat surprising, but… My state just closed the last public-funded abortion clinic, a few years back. You basically have to go interstate to get a legal abortion…
So… This is gonna happen, in all likelihood, unfortunately…
I’d say this is just one of those… Fairly inevitable societal “problems”. And pretty much always has been. 😞
Motherhood isn't any more "instinctual" than fatherhood is, and child abandonment happens in probably every species it's not supposed to happen with. If the interest isn't there, it isn't there. And there's also a thing as just plain bad mothers (and those who would abandon their offspring are pretty much "bad mothers" by definition). We learn how to be mothers by watching our own mother tend to us and our siblings, as well as babysitting as teenager ... oh, wait, that doesn't happen any more.
And it especially happens when the offspring is deformed or retarded (by species standard), like certain famous "feral" children found in the forests .... well, at least it was a way of giving back to nature, and my personal opinion is that it was the original thing behind "sacrifice", before it was twisted into something a lot less .. basic.
But this is why the "angel's cradle" was invented. There's no other way to satisfy that "Yes, I would rather give it up to adoption, but I don't want to interact with anyone while I do it" instinct. But no, can't be anonymous, the Nosey Ones just have to know who you are ...
Well-written, and extremely good points, if rather... Depressing.
I guess that is why this is such a popular "pop culture" trope, from Annie through Disney Star Wars, through Cold Case (as I mentioned elsewhere in the thread, it's a damn good episode), through bloody Stuart Little, of all things...
It's clearly part of the "human condition", as you point out, and as unfortunate as that is... Maybe even part of the "animal condition", more broadly...
It's just unfortunate that "modern society" has to... Intellectualise, institutionalise, and bastardize even this...
That's the problem with bureaucracy, innit? It absolutely just has to get its tendrils into every. single. last. thing...