USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or animal against their will. The term gavage (UK: /ˈɡævɑːʒ, ɡæˈvɑːʒ/, US: /ɡəˈvɑːʒ/, French: [ɡavaʒ]) refers to supplying a substance by means of a small plastic feeding tube passed through the nose (nasogastric) or mouth (orogastric) into the stomach.

Detailed explanation-2: -Force-feeding (or forcible-feeding, as it was once termed) involves inserting a stomach tube into the mouth of a prisoner/patient which is then passed downwards through the throat and oesophagus before eventually arriving in the stomach.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since 1909, force-feeding has proven to be ethically contentious. Discussion of the issue has overlapped, at different historical junctures, with broader conversations about prisoner welfare, medical ethics, human rights, and civil rights.

Detailed explanation-4: -2: Suffragettes were forcibly fed by prison authorities Mixtures of milk, eggs or other liquid foods were poured into the stomach. Struggling Suffragettes could suffer broken teeth, bleeding, vomiting and choking as food was poured into the lungs.