I'm interested in the idea of "grey" adoption. I think this was what happened to me and my son in 1962 - the Obstetrics & Gynae man I was referred to in a different city was known, probably quite well, to the O & G man I consulted in my home town. My son and I were passed between them in a sort-of old boys' network. They probably knew eachother at med school.
The transactional nature of adoption back then, I don't doubt for a moment. We were really pawns being moved around a board where everything was tidied up and the sacrosanct family "ideals" of capitalism were reinforced.
Thank you for this article! Unquestionably adoption as a family planning tool is based on the exploitation of vulnerable women by primarily white, affluent and often religious people. The Baby Scoop Era is evidence of the racist roots of adoption.
White supremacy total nonsense. The womens movement created a generation of depressed anxiety driven unhappy women. The problems in adoption are not left right white or black. They are based on ignorance and the suppression of the truth
I'm interested in the idea of "grey" adoption. I think this was what happened to me and my son in 1962 - the Obstetrics & Gynae man I was referred to in a different city was known, probably quite well, to the O & G man I consulted in my home town. My son and I were passed between them in a sort-of old boys' network. They probably knew eachother at med school.
The transactional nature of adoption back then, I don't doubt for a moment. We were really pawns being moved around a board where everything was tidied up and the sacrosanct family "ideals" of capitalism were reinforced.
Thanks for a thoughtful piece.
Thank you for this article! Unquestionably adoption as a family planning tool is based on the exploitation of vulnerable women by primarily white, affluent and often religious people. The Baby Scoop Era is evidence of the racist roots of adoption.
White supremacy total nonsense. The womens movement created a generation of depressed anxiety driven unhappy women. The problems in adoption are not left right white or black. They are based on ignorance and the suppression of the truth