[RichInOC]

Born slightly retarded, Rosemary Kennedy learned to read and write, and through her early 20s friends described her as bubbly and personable.

Her famous family, however, feared that Rosemary might get pregnant, catch a venereal disease, or otherwise embarrass the Kennedys. To prevent this, she became one of the first Americans to undergo a prefrontal lobotomy, having the frontal lobes of her brain surgically scraped off in 1942.

This resulted in Ms. Kennedy's paralysis, incoherence, and incontinence...

...and she was still one of the least embarrassing members of the family. How is it that Rosemary got lobotomized and Ted didn't?

[andyandval]

Ted: "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."

[Sunshine Sister]

Here's another question for you. Couldn't she still have gotten pregnant even though she had a lobotomy? Stranger things have happened.

The Kennedy's suck.

[wouldntbprudent]

and she was still one of the least embarrassing members of the family

Rich, Rich!

[freedumb2003]

How is it that Rosemary got lobotomized and Ted didn't?

What makes you think he didn't?

[citizencon]

>...and she was still one of the least embarrassing members of the family. How is it that Rosemary got lobotomized and Ted didn't?<

Or they could've castrated him...before or after Chappaquiddick.

[NCLaw441]

Her famous family, however, feared that Rosemary might get pregnant, catch a venereal disease, or otherwise embarrass the Kennedys.
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Now WHY would anyone EVER think a Kennedy might embarrass the family????

This is the most telling sentence in the article.