Introducing PM today Evan Davis introduced the segment on the abuses in the homes for unmarried women and children in Ireland saying "the appaling abuse on the CHILDREN of unmarried mothers."
I am horrified. The women were treated like sub humans, had their children wrenched, and stolen. Some of the babies died. Some were farmed out for adoption. There was an active conspiracy between the church and the state to keep them apart for ever, loose records, lie, and deceive. The cruelty and mysogny at the heart of this cannot be overstated.
I cannot begin to imagine the life long suffering inflicted on those women.
I hate that this journalist ignored them in his intro. I do not know why I am so upset. (Bring back Eddie Marr)
AIBU?