They were institutionalising out of wedlock mothers aswell, at least in the UK and Ireland.
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Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Yeah only 2 generations ago, LGBT people were considered mentally ill. 4 generations ago women were considered unfit to vote. 8 generations ago about half the US though it was OK to own slaves. It takes a while for ideas to die out. That’s why US elections turn out the way they do.
TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 2 weeks ago
flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Humanity isn’t progressing uniformly forward like this. Lgbtqia+ people were considered normal part of society by various cultures. Also Magnus Hirschfeld was an advocate for lgbtqia+ people a hundred years ago. Slavery has been transformed into modern slavery because the western world has found other, more concealed ways to force people into labor. Ideas may die out, but they will pop into people’s head again and again.
araneae@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
And yet discussing progress in this manner can be a confort. All that you said was true… But what the person you replied said was also true. Two generations since fertilizer or two generations since we locked in Malthusian anarchy[please note I do not espouse Malthusianism]. Three generations since the worst war known to man and three generations that did not experience that kind of war. Glass half full, glass half empty. It’s correct to bag on the neoliberal narrative of unstoppable progress thru which you can just kick your feet up and relax. But equally is it important to keep perspective remember that, yeah, eight generations ago slavery was legal and four generations women couldn’t vote. Things get better and they get worse. We make progress and it is wiped away. We still keep trying.