Politicized bodies such as African American women, mental health patients and homosexuals were forcibly sterilized throughout the latter half of the 20th century. These bodies faced discrimination for their undesirable differences resulting in medical sterilization by the state. Additionally, those who were considered “fit” were encouraged to mass-produce. The body augmentation practices in Company Town promote a “throw-away” society where one can eliminate undesirable traits and human qualities in order to achieve the social standard of inhuman perfectionism and longevity. The body augmentation policies reinforce eugenicist stereotypes because they eliminate qualities that mass-society has determined to be undesirable, weak and disadvantageous. Hwa, as a disabled, organic, low-class citizen, could not afford these augmentations even if she wanted them. Like eugenicist policy in the 20th century, Hwa was continuously coerced to augment herself to become more desirable and confirm with social
Politicized bodies such as African American women, mental health patients and homosexuals were forcibly sterilized throughout the latter half of the 20th century. These bodies faced discrimination for their undesirable differences resulting in medical sterilization by the state. Additionally, those who were considered “fit” were encouraged to mass-produce. The body augmentation practices in Company Town promote a “throw-away” society where one can eliminate undesirable traits and human qualities in order to achieve the social standard of inhuman perfectionism and longevity. The body augmentation policies reinforce eugenicist stereotypes because they eliminate qualities that mass-society has determined to be undesirable, weak and disadvantageous. Hwa, as a disabled, organic, low-class citizen, could not afford these augmentations even if she wanted them. Like eugenicist policy in the 20th century, Hwa was continuously coerced to augment herself to become more desirable and confirm with social