Posted by Tina
In families, just how important is a father?
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes.–[U. S. D.H.H.S. Bureau of the Census]
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes; 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes.–[Center for Disease Control]
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes.–[Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 14 p. 403-26]
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes.–[National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools]
70% of juveniles in state operated institutions come from fatherless homes.–[U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept., 1988]
85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. –[Fulton County Georgia Jail Populations and Texas Dept. of Corrections, 1992]
40% of children in America do not live with their fathers.–[US News and World Report, February 27, 1995, p.39]
Now wait just a goldurn moment here. It was my understanding that a woman (and by implication any of her issue) needed a man like a fish needs a bicycle. Sorry, but this has already been settled in forums more formal and halls more ivied and hallowed than this. It has long been academic. Heck, entire university colleges and staff are dedicated to teaching this simple fact to first and second year matriculants.
This blog post suspiciously smacks of Social Ludditism.
If fewer criminals, malcontents, addicts, dropouts, rapists and mentally anguished offspring had been the result they might have been able to claim that fish tale as a proud national anthem. In fact neglect of the male/female relationship, family and community through abandonment of the selfless tasks women once performed with good humor and amazing competence and grace has helped to produce the above.
And yes…yes it does!