Gonna share some stories of my people; Galizan people, and about our language: Galego. Experiences of violent spanish opression we had to face. A big part of our modern literature relies on preserving and giving a voice to the past, since for a long time our language and beautiful traditions "survived" by pure will with little to none access to writing. So did our experiences as one of the very mistreated nations forced within the Spanish state to this day.
“I am a donkey. I don't know how to talk”
"The teacher made some cardboard for them kids who spoke in galego. She'd put on them these big donkey ears, along with a sign sticked to them backs with «I am a donkey. I don't know how to talk» (in Spanish) written down.
She (the teacher) did this several times to a friend of mine, and also used to beat her up. I just can't forget about it, my child, for it was so cruel. I didn't even dare to talk about what was going on at school back at home. It was too rough”.
“He answered in galego in a spontaneous way. It didn't matter the teacher used to say he had this preference for that student with such an exemplary behavior, he got brutally beaten up. Hit him nonstop with a vimbio stick until red marks showed up on his skin all over the ears and face. The kid couldn't even understand why he got beaten up like that just for answering in galego. I mean, how would anyone understand such thing while being 10 y/o?"
“What are you speaking? you're not making any sense”
''The nun heard me speaking in galego, she came to me, said that she couldn't understand what I was saying and punished me on my knees at the "hard cement" school yard (a granulated hard texture) in front of all my classmates"
“I am a donkey”
"Back at school, when I was very little, there was a kid who didn't know Spanish. They hanged on his back a sign saying he was a donkey"
“Castillian chair” or “Spanish (from Spain) chair”
"Tied up to a chair for speaking galego at school. Locked down in the classroom closet because of saying words in the «forbidden tongue». On the knees on chickpeas because you didn't answer the teacher's question in spanish. The brutality against the galizan youth through generations left deep scars we all still suffering from with no care nor reparations"
“I'm going to wash your mouth with soap”
"At school the insults, mistreatment and threats for speaking galego made us become self-conscious and ashamed. It stopped us from expressing ourselves the way we were"
“I will not speak gallego” (Galego in Spanish)
"Everytime you spoke a word in galego, they made you write down 1.000, 5.000 and even 10.000 times: «I will not speak gallego»
This was very common through all XX.
Still, last "known" case happened in the year 2002. Two little kids were forced to write “I will not speak gallego at class” 200 times.
"There was this punishment for speaking galego, you had to press a coin with the tip of your nose against the wall for hours. If the coin ever fell, their aggressions increased eachtime... These punishments came with the chants
«The gallego is for hillbillies/pagans/savages. You must speak the language of the Angels and God's Empire».
Another case, shared by Alfonso Eiré, teachers charged against a student at the Seminario de Lugo, because he refused to stop speaking in galego after several "warnings" and threats.
"[…] O. P Rancaño didn't let him finish, the professor punched him on the head making him fall to the ground. When the student tried to stand back up, he kicked him on the back and ass "Puskas" style, and immediately stated that he would remain on his knees through the whole basketball game, in the middle of the school yard.
Also the P.E teacher who was around, stated another (very popular) punishment on top of it: he had to press a coin against a column with his nose. Everytime it fell, he'd hit him in the back of the head (na caluga) provoking the kid to scratch his nose against the stone over and over".
Just a few stories, recopilated in the book of Carlos Callón "O libro negro da lingua Galega"
"Five centuries of keeping the galician language quiet"
People keep silencing, erasing and apropiating our culture and language to this day. Spain keeps denying our right to self determination and exploiting the land from the inside, fascist, imperialism propaganda everywhere. For them, we are the "completely assimilated" ones. Yet we keep being mistreated in many ways, especially if we proudly commit to our own national identity which, for some reason, they take as a personal threat.
"ONLY IN SPANISH. #GaliciansHillbillies. #HeilMadrid " 18 of July, 2023.
For all those who refuse to accept this keeps happening, or that it even happened.
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Because under the post about giving minors the right to medically consent, people are spreading a ton of misinformation on this - largely because they just do not question the stuff they just assume are "normal". Which here is: "kids are all afraid of needles and therefore if we let them consent or not to medical proceedures, they would just not consent and not get vaccinations, because needles hurt".
And, look. Here is the thing: no, needles do not actually hurt a whole lot. And while, yes, certain procedures that involve being stabbed by a needle hurt more if you are younger for a bunch of reasons... that is actually not the main reason children fear needles. Because, again: the pain is not that bad. And most kids, especially young kids, whose motor skills are still developing, usually will have a bunch more hurting scratches, bruises and the like at any given moment than there will be pain from the needle.
No, from what research can tell, the main reason kids are afraid of needles, is more that for many of them needle procedures are very traumatizing. And that is largely because of the consent issue.
Imagine you are a person who is still pretty darn new to that whole human thing. So for one, yes, your brain is actually not that great in understanding what pain is dangerous and what pain is a safe limit of pain. So yes, someone intentionally hurting you (like with a needle) is really kinda scary. But then there is also the thing where this person hurting you is not telling you why they are doing. The people who you normally trust with keeping you safe (your family) is betraying you, by just holding you down and scolding you for crying over it. Or maybe it is not your family, but some strange nurse who is holding you. And while you are scared, because someone is intentionally hurting you, while someone else is restricting you, the adults around you are telling you, that your emotional reaction to this is actually bad and you are wrong for reacting that way. They might in fact lie to you and tell you that something that is insanely scary to you is "not that bad", instead of just understanding that it is super scary to you. And that is then what you start to expect whenever you see a doctor prepare a needle: people holding you down, hurting you without reason, and telling you that you are wrong for being upset, actively gaslighting you.
We have research on this. And this research is pretty clear: most kids are actually somewhat okay with needles, if you inform them why you are doing it, allow for them to have their emotions, talk to them about their emotions, and allow for them to set at least some conditions.
And frankly, I hate how many people just accept the framing of "kids are naturally afraid of this because it hurts". Like, folks, I know y'all are fucking Americans and that in your culture it is kinda normalized to like put kids into like some sort of fortified hamsterball to stop them from like doing typical kids stuff. But... let me tell you: if you do not do that, kids will actually very regularly engage in dangerous play that they know will often end up in injuries that are going to hurt. And, no, they are not to dumb to understand that. The kids know that this is what might happen because of their play. They actually just take the risk. Yes, they will cry if they get hurt, because - again - their nervous system is still calibrating how it relates to pain. But they will likely do that thing again and again. I can tell you: I fell down a tree so often during my childhood, and I still climbed it. Again and again. So did most kids I knew. Like, fuck, we lived next to a forest. We played "Tarzan", and tried to go along paths without touching the ground. And we fell. A lot. And we still did it.
It is not the fear of pain that makes kids afraid of doctors. It is the fear of the associated force, and gaslighting.
The thing is, if you don't explain it, how are kids meant to give informed consent? That's why a woman named Mary Jenner created The Butterfly Pig, which sells medical play toys to families with medically sensitive kids and children's hospitals, so kids can play about the stuff that's going to happen or watch their caregivers show them. For this reason in particular, there's a syringe toy to simulate injections, and it includes a Buzzy toy, which imitates a real Buzzy that vibrates and is cold so injections don't hurt as much, and the real Buzzy is used in over 5,000 hospitals and clinics globally.
Toy butterfly needle comes with a Velcro strap for easy placement on doll or stuffed animal. Lab tubes are dual-sided so a twisting motion c
Buzzy® Mini Healthcare features a contoured and compact design that tucks under a standard tourniquet or fits easily in the hand to deliver
There are very few studies on the use of a thermomechanical device for reducing injection pain in pediatric dentistry, especially for inferi
Effect of toys made from medical materials on anxiety among hospitalized children: A randomized controlled trial
— the profession is fully dedicated to supporting kids and families in the health care setting, and a significant portion of that is educating kids (in a way they can understand, developmentally) and making plans With them to make the experience easier!
And there is SO MUCH research out there! If you explain to kids what’s going on, they need less anesthesia, get better quicker, and have less medical trauma— which leads to a willingness to accept preventative care in the future!
Child Life has been leading the charge in this area for decades, and it’s so awesome to see it becoming more mainstream knowledge!
