I sometimes think there is a bit of a "victim mentality" going on too.......I was reading about how some aboriginal women feel they were pressured into getting sterilized and now want money to compensate. But, most of my "caucasian" freinds have said that sterilization was suggested for them, too. For myself, I'm not a very good baby machine - the doc had a frank discussion with me about having a tubal done when I was 28 and had my second child. Both my sisters have said the same thing was suggested to them and other freinds have said the same thing was discussed with them after various children were born. I never viewed it as being "pressured"......but maybe I was? Should I also be getting money from the government for it?