Stigmatic Pregnancy Euphemism: Difference between revisions

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** The episode was called "The Goodbye Room" and the nuns were selling the babies in an illegal adoption scheme. {{spoiler|when the victim found out, she tried to run away with her baby girl, but was caught by the killer whose son was sold earlier that week and didn't think it was fair that the victim was planning to keep her child when she couldn't.}}

* In the third season of ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]],'' Manny is terrified of telling her parents about her pregnancy because her cousin (back in the Philippines) was shipped to a convent for getting pregnant.

* In Hispanic [[Soap Opera~~|Soap Operas~~]] written before [[The Eighties]] (and those set before that age) this plot happened fairly often, and was the most common origin of the [[Heroic Bastard]] heroine. The most famous example was ''El Derecho de Nacer'', born in [[The Fifties]]: a High Class girl becomes pregnant, and her father tries to force her to abort. When she refuses, her father hides her in one of his mansions, and after the baby is born he sends her to a convent; meanwhile he orders the baby to be killed . The girl's nanny, horrified, flees with the baby boy and raises him as her own son. The boy then grows up to be a medical doctor, and unknowingly falls in love with a (non blood related) cousin.

* In Hispanic [[Soap Opera]]s written before [[The Eighties]] (and those set before that age) this plot happened fairly often, and was the most common origin of the [[Heroic Bastard]] heroine. The most famous example was ''El Derecho de Nacer'', born in [[The Fifties]]: a High Class girl becomes pregnant, and her father tries to force her to abort. When she refuses, her father hides her in one of his mansions, and after the baby is born he sends her to a convent; meanwhile he orders the baby to be killed . The girl's nanny, horrified, flees with the baby boy and raises him as her own son. The boy then grows up to be a medical doctor, and unknowingly falls in love with a (non blood related) cousin.

* An example of the second version was seen on an episode of ''[[The Love Boat]]'', where the "big sister" ends up telling her daughter the truth.

* An episode of ''[[Law and Order]]'' has a politically motivated [[Rich Bitch]] force her daughter to do this when she became pregnant as a teenager, and then murdered her troubled granddaughter when said granddaughter learned the truth. Because this is ''[[Law and Order]]'' and [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|she's rich]], she [[Karma Houdini|got away with it]].

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* This happened to [[Jack Nicholson]] - his "older sister" was really his mother, and his "mother" was really his grandmother. He didn't learn about the switcheroo until a ''Time'' magazine reporter told him.

* And Ted Bundy.

* Not long after she was announced as the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2008 U.S Presidential elections, rumours began to circulate that Gov. Sarah Palin's youngest child was actually her grandchild, by one of her teenage daughters. Although the rumors were unsubstantiated, it did eventually lead to Palin's family announcing that one of her teenage daughters was pregnant out of wedlock, although the family was quick to stress that she intended to marry the father. Bristol, her oldest daughter, could not have physically conceived both her own son and Trig<ref>not to mention that Trig has Down Syndrome, which is far more likely to occur in children born to an older mother than a teenager</ref>. Palin's next oldest daughter, Willow, would have had to have been about 13 when Trig was conceived, and Piper, her next daughter, is still far too young to physically be capable of conceiving.

* Not long after she was announced as the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2008 U.S Presidential elections, rumours began to circulate that Gov. Sarah Palin's youngest child was actually her grandchild, by one of her teenage daughters. Although the rumors were unsubstantiated, it did eventually lead to Palin's family announcing that one of her teenage daughters was pregnant out of wedlock, although the family was quick to stress that she intended to marry the father. Bristol, her oldest daughter, could not have physically conceived both her own son and Trig.<ref>not to mention that Trig has Down Syndrome, which is far more likely to occur in children born to an older mother than a teenager</ref> Palin's next oldest daughter, Willow, would have had to have been about 13 when Trig was conceived, and Piper, her next daughter, is still far too young to physically be capable of conceiving.

* Somewhat related to this trope: Nowadays, if a baby is labeled premature, they probably are actually early. However, in the olden days, a premature baby often meant that Mummy and Daddy's wedding was late. And possibly that there was a shotgun involved.

** Leading to the joke: An eager new bride can do in 6 months what takes everyone else 9.