The history of Magdalen Asylums and Magdalene Laundries (circa, 1800-1970s) and recent documentaries expose the cruelty and abuse suffered by inmates who were thought to be ‘fallen’ and therefore made to work 12 hours a day, six days a week, for no pay–many for years and years. In “Sex in a Cold Climate” (1996), overdubbing with “quaint” footage of Old Ireland are the stories for four former inmates. This week, watch, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVCcAXYWILQ. in your initial 200wd post, you are asked to summarize the acts of resistance and final release stories told by Christine, Phyllis, Brigid and Martha. In the group discussions you may wish to discuss how such injustices could continue to go on into the late-twentieth century? Why, to the outside world– did these institutions seem good, even idyllic, places to put young girls in “moral” danger? Who is to blame: the church? the state? or the inmate’s families? What of the babies: adoptions and foster-care? Shame and stigma? “Sex in a Cold Climate” Watch in Full: Sex In A Cold Climate ( length) – YouTube . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVCcAXYWILQ
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