{"id":1588,"date":"2015-05-22T19:58:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T19:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tvndy.ca\/?p=1588\/"},"modified":"2018-11-08T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T00:04:13","slug":"webcast-archive-pee-poo-and-other-taboos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/2015\/05\/webcast-archive-pee-poo-and-other-taboos\/","title":{"rendered":"Webcast archive: Pee, poo and other taboos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x356MeByunQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <em>Euthanasia &amp; Disability<\/em>, Amy Hasbrouck and Christian Debray discuss pee, poo and other taboos.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that this text is only a script and that our webcast contains additional commentary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PEE, POO, AND OTHER TABOOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The topic of assisted suicide and euthanasia makes people very uncomfortable, to the point where they use euphemisms to avoid saying certain words.<\/li>\n<li>People use euphemisms to talk about subjects that are difficult or embarrassing; to soften or retreat from disagreeable things.<\/li>\n<li>For example there are several euphemisms for assisted suicide, such as:\n<ul>\n<li>Medical aid in dying<\/li>\n<li>End-of-life care<\/li>\n<li>The right to die<\/li>\n<li>Dying with dignity<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGoing to Switzerland.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When the Hemlock Society and Compassion in Dying merged, the adopted the name \u201cCompassion &amp; Choices\u201d which doesn\u2019t even mention the idea of death.<\/li>\n<li>Why use euphemisms? Because the public is more likely to support assisted suicide and euthanasia if the word \u201csuicide\u201d is absent.<\/li>\n<li>Compassion &amp; Choices put pressure on professional organizations, like the American Public Health Association, and governmental agencies in Oregon to remove the word \u201csuicide\u201d from their description of assisted suicide.<\/li>\n<li>People are so afraid to talk about death, that the first draft of Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Act Concerning End-of-life Care didn\u2019t even indicate that \u201cmedical aid in dying\u201d included euthanasia.<\/li>\n<li>People with disabilities embody many characteristics that are unpleasant to the non-disabled.\n<ul>\n<li>The possibility of becoming disabled<\/li>\n<li>A reminder of mortality<\/li>\n<li>Loss of control of physical functions like urination, defecation and salivation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>For each of these, there are euphemisms.\n<ul>\n<li>Loss of independence = becoming disabled<\/li>\n<li>End of life = reminder of mortality<\/li>\n<li>Pee, poo and drool = bodily functions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In discussions of assisted suicide and euthanasia, you\u2019ll also hear a lot of euphemisms. Let\u2019s look at some:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dignity<\/em> \u2013 Means to maintain one\u2019s personal hygiene and control of bodily functions; eating, urinating, defecating, etc., and the ability to use the toilet and wipe yourself without help. \u201cDignity\u201d also includes bathing, personal grooming, and eating in a normal fashion according to ordinary rules of politeness.<\/li>\n<li><em>Loss of dignity<\/em> \u2013 Means a person cannot do these things without help, that she needs equipment or special products to do them, or that she does them poorly. And that\u2019s the problem; dignity is really existential and a state of mind, and has no relation whatsoever to physical abilities.<\/li>\n<li><em>Independence<\/em> \u2013 In the lexicon of assisted suicide, \u201cindependence\u201d means a whole and healthy body and mind.<\/li>\n<li><em>Loss of independence <\/em>\u2013 Happens when a person develops a physical, mental or sensory disability. In reality, it\u2019s not the limitation that causes the loss of independence as such.\u00a0 It\u2019s more the environmental barriers, prejudices and public policy that limit people options, lock them in institutions, and inhibit their ability to make choices.<\/li>\n<li><em>Suffering <\/em>= Extreme physical pain and symptoms (except if you look at the reasons people ask for AS\/E).<\/li>\n<li><em>Mercy &amp; Compassion<\/em> = disregard and contempt<\/li>\n<li><em>Choice <\/em>= (only) the choice to die<\/li>\n<li><em>Free and Informed <\/em>= Agrees that death is the best and only option after hearing biased information, receiving no support or assistance for living, and having no viable choices.<\/li>\n<li><em>Killing <\/em>= medical care<\/li>\n<li><em>Will, desire<\/em> = what society wants for you.<\/li>\n<li><em>Rights<\/em> = 1. Obligation (as in \u201cright to die\u201d) 2.\u00a0 Only what we say they are (as in \u201cyou have a right to life for a few months\u201d).<\/li>\n<li><em>Safeguards<\/em> = Mirage, distraction<\/li>\n<li><em>Oversight<\/em> <em>commission <\/em>= window dressing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What can we do?\n<ul>\n<li>Come back to our bodies \u2013 Not in the sense of a 25-year-old yoga instructor, in the way a 65-year-old woman means it<\/li>\n<li>Show no shame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Positive signs\n<ul>\n<li>Baby-boomers are growing older<\/li>\n<li>Advertisements for incontinence products \u2013 Capitalism to the rescue<\/li>\n<li>Disability pride \u2013 Campaigns already underway\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cGet Your Belly Out\u201d \u2013 Inflammatory Bowel Disease<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe Love Our Tubes\u201d \u2013 John Kelly\u2019s campaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThis week, we discuss taboos and euphemisms associated with disability.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/2015\/05\/webcast-archive-pee-poo-and-other-taboos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Webcast archive: Pee, poo and other taboos&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/2015\/05\/webcast-archive-pee-poo-and-other-taboos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Webcast archive: Pee, poo and other taboos&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[354,95,121,96,98,118],"class_list":["post-1588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-webcast-archive","tag-autonomy","tag-dignity","tag-euthanasia-disability","tag-safeguards","tag-suffering","tag-webcast","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3801,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions\/3801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}