Partnering with the Shawnee Tribe for Civilization VII

Re:Partnering with the Shawnee Tribe for Civilization VII by defrost on Monday February 24, 2025 @06:03AM (#43158155)

As others have pointed out this was a practice that continued into the 1960s and 1970s .. hence my statement that "some women that had these procedures w/out their consent are still alive" and that "some of the practitioners are also".

  In the 1960s and 1970s, the Indian Health Service (IHS) and collaborating physicians sustained a practice of performing sterilizations on Native American women, in many cases without the free and informed consent of their patients. In some cases, women were misled into believing that the sterilization procedure was reversible

~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_Americ...

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Re:Partnering with the Shawnee Tribe for Civilization VII by throwaway2037 on Monday February 24, 2025 @08:59PM (#43167206)

    > are still alive

I misread this part. You are absolutely right. I thought you were saying recently (women under 30).

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Re:Partnering with the Shawnee Tribe for Civilization VII by defrost on Monday February 24, 2025 @09:15PM (#43167305)

No drama, easy mistake to make.

I would point out, though, that any child sexual abuse happening right now, any sly sterilisations going on today is likely to remained buried for a couple of decades .. just going by a century or so of history on this type of thing.

Reporting of shitty behaviour is getting better and more immediate in the digital age, which gives us hope .. but lack of current reporting isn't always evidence of lack of current activity.

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