Filled out in 1950 by Doctors at a California institution, this form guaranteed the sterilization of a women who was considered “feeble-minded”. Even in 1950 there were institutions that forcibly sterilized those within their walls. There is consent given by the women’s mother, but it is safe to assume because this woman was considered feeble-minded, she did not get say in her sterilization. Recently to 1950 it was discovered that in Puerto Rico more than a third of women were being sterilized against their consent. This is another prime example of the mistreatment of minorities, in this case the minority being a mentally disabled woman.
This poster was made in the 1960s following the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of the birth control pill. This poster portrays women who take birth control pills as drug and sex loving people. The pills release in the 60s did allow women to become more relaxed and sexually promiscuous because it created a more reliable method of birth control. Unfortunately, this time period did not always react well to these relaxed women, creating the birth control babe poster. This poster suggests that most women who take birth control are democrats who want to seduce every man and they have no morals.