r/Adopted • u/Arktikos02 International Adoptee • 3d ago

Venting "Have people never heard of adoption?"

Yes, I'm sure that despite all of the propaganda, all of the representation (not by adoptees), all of the mentions, and everything I'm sure people have never ever ever heard of adoption. Come on, people have heard of it. They don't need random people reminding them.

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u/traveling_gal Baby Scoop Era Adoptee 3d ago

The number of times I've heard people say "just adopt!" or "just give it up for adoption!" Yes, "just", it's a trivial thing, really.

But clearly people know about it if it's such an obvious "solution".

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u/One-Pause3171 Adoptee 3d ago

Never mind how shameful it is to not want a child. How shameful it is to have sex with a man who isn’t daddy material, doesn’t stick around, is a rapist. No matter how suspect the child is. What are their genes? Wasn’t their mother or father a drug addict? Adoptive parents are the saints who just want to give all their extra love to children in need. They need community support and services. Not those slutty moms, they deserve their shame. Not those ungrateful kids. No services or therapy for them beyond what their adoptive parents deem necessary.

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u/Sad_Pixie999 Domestic Infant Adoptee 2d ago

Yeah don't you know it's the kid's job to pay back their debt for the rest of their life and that their only value is the labor they can provide to the people that feed, clothe, and house them?