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Originally Posted by doodlebird
the stats say x% of (insert insert misbehavior here) come from father homes. IT DOES NOT state any percentages from the total population of single parent homes.
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That's exactly the point. It has nothing to do with the total populations of fatherless homes. It has to do with the populations of antisocial and deviant persons.
Total populations are irrelevant to the statistics.
The largest percentage of individuals from fatherless homes turns out normal without any significant issues what so ever.
It's the percentage of deviants from fatherless homes that's interesting.
For example, FBI profilers know that upwards of 90% percent of serial killers are 30-40 something, white males. This says nothing about 30-40 something white males..it says something about serial killers.
It's a starting point, a commonality occuring with such a frequency that it ~can~ be statistcally interesting. We can use this data to start weeding out risk factors, increase the pool of knowledge and eliminate or more likely at least mitigate them.
I too am somewhat taken aback, although not entirely surprised, by the hostility shown towards the toppic of this thread.
The family courts are so unduly stacked in the mothers favor, it's rediculous, imho. I think this thread illustrates nicely the hostility towards men and father's currently so fashionable in our society.
-bear