la esterilización higiénica

English translation: eugenic sterilization

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Spanish term or phrase:la esterilización higiénica
English translation:eugenic sterilization
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

18:10 Jul 27, 2019
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Spanish term or phrase: la esterilización higiénica
This is a description of an image of a woman in a mental hospital in Chile in the 90s. Is it forced sterilization:

Incluso, una mujer se desnuda: la mirada cercana sobre su cuerpo deja intuir las marcas de la esterilización

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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 12:09
eugenic sterilization
Explanation:
https://www.google.com/search?q=eugenic sterilization&oq=eug...
"Eugenic sterilization is defined as sterilization of a person who is either mentally ill or mentally defective and will either severely handicap any future offspring through heredity or is unable to properly care for a child."


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Note added at 12 hrs (2019-07-28 06:59:37 GMT)
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Phil has asked why the Spanish was not "eugénica". The short answer is that it's not recognized as a Spanish word. It's not in the Real Academia, Martínez Amador, Collins, or Linguee, though Linguee does give examples of its use.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 08:09
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eugenic sterilization


Explanation:
https://www.google.com/search?q=eugenic sterilization&oq=eug...
"Eugenic sterilization is defined as sterilization of a person who is either mentally ill or mentally defective and will either severely handicap any future offspring through heredity or is unable to properly care for a child."


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Note added at 12 hrs (2019-07-28 06:59:37 GMT)
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Phil has asked why the Spanish was not "eugénica". The short answer is that it's not recognized as a Spanish word. It's not in the Real Academia, Martínez Amador, Collins, or Linguee, though Linguee does give examples of its use.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 08:09
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Wilson
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Marie!

agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro: Excelente explicación en "Discussion".
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Beatriz! And thank you again!

agree  philgoddard: This seems likely, but you haven't explained why it's not "eugenica".//It gets 287,000 hits - but I think from the context "higiénico" must mean eugenic.
8 hrs
  -> I've done the research. "Eugénica" is not recognized as a Spanish word. See my full explanation in the Discussion.

agree  neilmac
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil!
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