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Wokko wrote: | Martial arts teaches the exact opposite to what you've said. The douchebags wearing tap out shirts and punching people haven't trained a day in their lives. There's less crowd violence at UFC events than there is at soccer or Ice Hockey and the whole 'games/tv/whatever' cause violence thing has been debunked time and time again.
If I was wanting to take a stab in the dark at what is creating this generation of dysfunctional men I'd look at the single parenthood epidemic and the lack of positive male role models in these men's lives. Looking for causes isn't looking for excuses before anyone pulls that old chestnut. These guys aren't macho, they're compensating and blindly reaching for a masculinity they've known or been taught. |
I agree with the douchebags in UFC shirts (don't forget the combo of trackie pants!)
Cant agree with single parenthood though. Most I know from that siuation are ok, if anything the ones who are the worst have both parents around.
My take is lack of respect and lack of justice (poor sentencing) from the nanny state.
Not to do another "back in my day" but... Cops were respected authorities and if you messed up you a) got a hiding, b) went to jail, c) got a new one torn by your parent(s) d) learned your lesson.
You can slap a cop these days and get away with it (maybe a fine if its shown on channel 7) beat the crap out of someone (either blindside weakass punch or with half a dozen mates) and get off pretty lightly, kill someone and play rough childhood card or the parent will blame every other aspect of society for the douchebag kid of theirs except themselves and the beat goes on from there.
Tougher judges and stronger sentences will make this go away.
This bloke should get 15 years - anyone want to bet he gets less than 5? |
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Wokko
Come and take it.
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
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Some US Statistics:
http://www.fclu.org/parentless-statistics/
EFFECTS OF FATHERLESSNESS (OR MOTHERLESSNESS) – US DATA
BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS/ RUNAWAYS/ HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS/CHEMICAL ABUSERS/ SUICIDES
85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes (Source: Center for Disease Control)
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census)
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes (Source: National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools.)
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes (Source: Rainbows for all God’s Children.)
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census)
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY/ CRIME/ GANGS
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes (Source: Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)
70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report)
85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home (Source: Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections)
THESE STATISTICS TRANSLATE TO MEAN THAT CHILDREN FROM A FATHERLESS HOME ARE:
5 times more likely to commit suicide
32 times more likely to run away
20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
14 times more likely to commit rape
9 times more likely to drop out of high school
10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances
9 times more likely to end up in a state-operated institution
20 times more likely to end up in prison
Juveniles have become the driving force behind the nation’s alarming increases in violent crime, with juvenile arrests for murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault growing sharply in the past decade as pistols and drugs became more available, and are expected to continue at the same alarming rate during the next decade. “Justice Dept. Issues Scary Report on Juvenile Crime,” San Francisco Chronicle (9/8/95).”
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Daughters of single parents are 53% more likely to marry as teenagers, 164% more likely to have a premarital birth, and 92% more likely to dissolve their own marriages.
71% of teenage pregnancies are to children of single parents. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
CHILD ABUSE
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services states that there were more than 1,000,000 documented child abuse cases in 1990. In 1983, it found that 60% of perpetrators were women with sole custody. Shared parenting can significantly reduce the stress associated with sole custody. |
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you can use statistics to prove anything, 75% of all people that make up 3/4 of the worlds population knows that. |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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It would be interesting to see what percentage of single parent families come from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds. That may be a more significant correlation here than lack of male role models. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Pies4shaw
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So, I have to leave in order to get my kids to run away so we can get some peace? There's an irony, right there. |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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David wrote: | It would be interesting to see what percentage of single parent families come from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds. That may be a more significant correlation here than lack of male role models. |
Not much difference really...
LONE PARENTS' EDUCATION AND WORK
Educational attainment and current study
Lone parents tended to have lower levels of educational attainment than partnered parents although both groups included people with high and low level qualifications. The greater differences were at the two extremes of educational attainment. In 2006, 39% of lone parents, compared with 24% of partnered parents, had left school before year 12 and had no non-school qualifications. At the other end of the educational spectrum, half as many lone as partnered parents had a bachelor degree or higher qualification (12% compared with 24%).
Lone parents were more likely than partnered parents to be undertaking current study at an educational institution (14% compared with 7%). This was observed for each ten year age group. For example, 19% of lone parents aged 15–24 years were undertaking current study, compared with 12% of partnered parents. Part-time study was most common among lone-parent students (68%). A large proportion were studying at either a TAFE (39%) or higher education institution (29%), with the remainder studying at diverse institutions including schools, business colleges, adult education colleges, industry skills centres and job network members.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/F4B15709EC89CB1ECA25732C002079B2?opendocument _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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Culprit
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Now we have the defendant's brother charged with interfering with a witness. |
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