Exclusive: Territory’s government calls for visit to listen to those thought to be living with consequences of forced fitting of IUDs

The Danish health minister should “get on a plane and visit” some of the thousands of women thought to be living with the consequences of being forcibly fitted with the contraceptive coil as children, Greenland’s gender equality minister has said.

In an attempt to reduce the population of the former Danish colony, at least 4,500 women and girls are believed to have undergone the medical procedure, usually without their consent or knowledge, at the hands of Danish doctors between 1966 and 1970 alone.

The total number of those affected by the procedures, thought to have continued for decades, is understood to be far higher. Victims and their lawyers say generations of Inuit women were left traumatised and suffering reproductive complications, including infertility, as a result of the Danish state’s policy.

Earlier this month, a group of 143 women sued the Danish state over the alleged violations, but they have yet to receive a response from the government, despite the Danish prime minister visiting Greenland – now an autonomous territory of Denmark – soon after.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    78·
    8 months ago

    people like you, joyfully, innocently, self-righteously denigrating people because of what race they are or partially are

    Nope. I have been abundantly clear from the start that it’s about the BEHAVIOR and LACK OF AWARENESS of some people, not the color of their skin.

    because they’re ‘privileged’, and therefore who gives a shit about them

    Another ridiculous strawman. I have pointed out that I myself am privileged. You might consider it unwarranted, given your ridiculous crusade to misrepresent everything I sa, but I very much DO give a shit about myself and many others who are privileged but aren’t asses about it.

    Immensely frustrating.

    Yes, your lack of comprehension and/or bad faith sure is.

    If you applied that kind of standard to literally any other fucking racial category and negative qualifier, you’d call it out as horrifically racist, and rightly so.

    Except I keep pointing out that I’m NOT talking about all white people. White people like myself didn’t CHOOSE to be born privileged, but we DO choose whether to acknowledge that privilege and the lack of privilege of others rather than throwing a tantrum about imagined racism.

    • PugJesus@kbin.social
      44·
      8 months ago

      Nope. I have been abundantly clear from the start that it’s about the BEHAVIOR and LACK OF AWARENESS of some people, not the color of their skin.

      … by using the term ‘white’ in the racial sense to denigrate those people.

      If you called someone who was white ‘Black’ “because they were acting like a thug”, and objected that it was BEHAVIOR you were talking about, not skin color, would that be any less fucking racist?

      The answer is “No”

      Why don’t we skip ahead to the end and have you call me a cracker? I’ve been through this song and dance before. It’s funny - the emphasis is always on listening to the experiences of minorities until someone who’s mixed-race comes along, then suddenly all of these supposedly liberal people become white saviors who are the arbiters what is and is not offensive.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        65·
        8 months ago

        by using the term ‘white’ in the racial sense to denigrate those people.

        Nope. Sometimes words have different meanings and connotations than just the literal one. This is one of those times.

        ‘Black’ "because they were acting like a thug

        See, THAT’S a racist as fuck dog whistle. Using “white” as a shorthand for “specific privileged people who are behaving badly” to criticise those specific people for their behavior isn’t.

        Why don’t we skip ahead to the end and have you call me a cracker

        Fuck off with that rice paper skin bullshit.

        the emphasis is always on listening to the experiences of minorities

        Which there is a general lack of

        until someone who’s mixed-race comes along, then suddenly all of these supposedly liberal people become white saviors who are the arbiters what is and is not offensive.

        Nope. What the fuck are you babbling about? Sounds like you have a specific situation in mind that does not at all apply here.

        • PugJesus@kbin.social
          43·
          8 months ago

          Nope. Sometimes words have different meanings and connotations than just the literal one. This is one of those times.

          “Other than the literal one” is literally what I’m addressing.

          See, THAT’S a racist as fuck dog whistle. Using “white” as a shorthand for “specific privileged people who are behaving badly” to criticise those specific people for their behavior isn’t.

          Okay. Explain to me the difference without using “One is established and the other is something I recently made up.”

          Go.

          Fuck off with that rice paper skin bullshit.

          Oh, great. More casual racism.

          Nope. What the fuck are you babbling about? Sounds like you have a specific situation in mind that does not at all apply here.

          It’s literally the situation right fucking here.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
            54·
            8 months ago

            Explain to me the difference without using “One is established and the other is something I recently made up.”

            I already did multiple times in multiple ways. If you didn’t understand the first ten times, you probably won’t now, either.

            Oh, great. More casual racism.

            Rice paper is known for being extremely thin and delicate. That’s what I was referring to, which should have been clear from the context. That you thought it meant something racist is on you, not me.

            It’s literally the situation right fucking here

            Nope. The situation right fucking here is that you’re either more dense than a neutron star or arguing in bad faith to avoid admitting that you’re wrong.

            Either way, I’ve wasted more than enough time trying to explain this to you so I’m going to let you continue to be wrong without me. Have the day you deserve.

            • PugJesus@kbin.social
              34·
              8 months ago

              Goodbye, White Savior. Thank you for teaching me the follies of my own experiences. I’ll kowtow and beat my head on the ground in praise of how liberal you’ve been to me.