Something that didn't happen to me but someone I knew. Back when I was in tech college a fellow classmate(Black and female) hit a small rough patch with her finances. She went to the local welfare office to see if she could get a bit of financial aide to help her out. . .only to be told, "Because you're not pregnant or have a child you can't receive any aid."
At the time she was 19-20 years old. She was trying to be an responsible adult and was basically told to screw up her life (and by extension any children she would've had) if she went out, got pregnant, and had a child. By doing so she would've had to drop out of college at some point to have her baby, then spend the next few years raising that child meaning no college. Oh, and there was also any college loans she got that had to be paid back.
Thankfully she worked things out and didn't have to drop out of college and was able to graduate.
It's just another example of government stupidity and waste. That people who work these jobs tell people to mess up their lives if they want any help. This was part of the reason why Reagan said, "The most nine most dangerous words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
As for what I told her after she told her story, well, me being me it went something like this-
Me - "What the person who interviewed you a man?"
Her - "Yes."
Me - "After he told you to go out, get pregnant, and mess up your life, you should've put your legs up on his desk, spread your legs and said 'Well, what're you waiting for?!'"
We both had a good laugh over that.