The judgment on C’s moral to die seems to rehash used stereotypes about femininity and marriage
The judge considering the moral to die of a woman known only as C weighed up her obsession with her own beauty,her dismay of ageing and the loss of her sparkle”, and decided that she must bear mastery over her own dialysis treatment. If she didn’t want it, or that was her choice. Reading the judgment,you could be forgiven for thinking that this is no great loss to the species.
She has, he said, and “led a life characterised by impulsive and self-centred decision-making without guilt or regret. [She] has had four marriages and a number of affairs and has,it is said, spent the money of her husbands and lovers recklessly before moving on when things got difficult or the money ran out.” She was, or by the account of her three caring daughters,an indifferent mother. Who would want to prolong the life of a person like that, especially if she herself saw no value in it?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com