Yates had mental instability during the time she killed her children, and after the birth of her fifth child is when she experienced postpartum depression. After she was in prison, professionals diagnosed her with insanity and postpartum depression. Genetics also played a part since there was a history of mental illness in her family. After the death of her father, she stopped doing everything she normally would do that would take care of her and her kids and Yates had become even more depressed. Yates had not realized how much mental illness there was in her
First claiming to be sick and pregnant, Celia eventually full on rebelled and killed her aging master, Robert Newsom. Through numerous interrogations and court hearings, Celia was eventually found guilty of homicide despite her continual sexual demands from Newsom. Celia’s case and slavery in general resulted in domestic battles between proslavery and antislavery settlers in the western states. Eventually the morality of slavery and its counterparts escaladed these national disputes which eventually transformed into the Civil war, resulting in the death of nearly 620,000 American citizens (Faust
Yarely Covarrubias Pd. 3 What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 are a turning point in history, and is an event that continues to mystify our nation, as well as others. Between the months of june and September of 1692, 19 women and men were accused of witchcraft and hanged because of it. Local magistrates took the initiative when young girls claimed that women in the village were inflicting pain on them, which resulted in all the hangings and overall hype of the Salem Witch Trials.
Prisoners were subjected to a variety of horrors, including repeated rape, electric shocks to nipples and testicles, permanent blind folding, and psychological torment such as being forced to witness the torture of a loved one. 4. Who are "Las madres de la plaza de mayo"? Do a little research to get more information if you need it. a. "Las madres de la plaza de mayo" wereArgentine mothers who began parading with pictures of their disappeared children.
Postpartum depression occurs in up to twenty percent of women who have children psychotic manifestations are much more rate, and thus much less understood. One in five hundred births result in the mother’s postpartum psychosis. Hormonal shifts can actually cause violent hallucination and thoughts, women can become incoherent, paranoid, irrational, and delusional. They are at risk of committing suicide or harming their child, particularly for the child’s own good, the woman will not recognize it as an illness. Andrea also was hospitalized for trying to kill herself with a knife in July of 1999, then in the spring of 2001 she was admitted twice to a treatment center for mental illness.
In “The Crucible”, the girls accused people of being witches just to make themselves look better to others to gain respect. “We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!” (Miller 196). The direct quote from “The Crucible” means children who are overtaken by social fears have the power to control the life or death of a single individual, by accusing them of witchcraft. Many women were killed in the town of Salem during the trials and the ones who weren't killed had their reputations forever lowered. Everyone who was charged by McCarthy had his or her own reputation diminished also.
Speak Essay “(Referring to Rape) It’s already bigger than everything else. It lives in front of me, behind me, next to me, inside me every single day.” -Daisy Whitney, The Mockingbirds The unfortunate reality of sexual abuse, rape in particular, is that it happens all too often. 1 in 6 women are victims of some form of sexual assault or abuse (RAINN, 2009). Melinda Sordino was a victim of rape, and like many victims she faced depression, a sense of helplessness and experienced “victim blaming”. Throughout this paper I am going to explore these three themes, using examples from the text, to better achieve an understanding of her experience.
Natalie Tillero Mrs. Lassiter SOC101 3/14/13 How postpartum depression did affect my way of socializing? This paper explains the symptoms of postpartum depression and it may affect a new mother’s outlook for life. Postpartum depression is an illness that affects many women and even my-self, after pregnancy. A number of people think that it is a myth, that women who had a baby can’t get depressed, or get the “baby blue’s”. Research shows that this illness is capable of transforming a woman and the way that she socializes within the community, family, and even friends.
For example, Anas is a 53-year old woman who is currently working with prisoners who have gone through abortion trauma. Through this she reflects on the pain that her own abortion brought her at 19years old, “But after the procedure, she says, strange feelings washed over her. I remember having evil thoughts, about hurting children, she said. It was like I'd done the worst thing I could possibly do. A piece of evil had entered me.” (Bazelon, 2007) We cannot assume all patients have the same post trauma, this woman may have had a psychological disorder, or received extreme amounts of pressure or stress before encountering her abortion.
One of the most controversial topic that society and lawmakers often debate about is abortion. Before 1971 when abortion was illegal it was done in the back alleys of city streets with an inexperienced person doing this procedure. Thousands of women died due to improper procedure, unsterile equipment, and complications due medical malpractice. This changed in December 1971 when a single mother to be chose to fight against the anti-abortion law in the state of Texas. At the time the state of Texas only allowed legal abortions to women that had been raped or was impregnated by incest.