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Dear Prudence Shoddy Sterotypes
This article is a shoddy mess of overused stereotypes and snippets from letters to Dear Prudence with little to no actual supporting data. It starts out with an overly generalized statement that “we still think of the archetypal unwed mother as a Jamie Lynn Spears—a dopey teenager who dropped her panties and got in over her head.” Since I have no ...
Posted to The Best Policy by Socrates_Is_Mortal on March 20, 2008
Sex outside of Marriage & Man's Arrogance
I commend Ms Yoffe for tackling a daunting, yet ignored societal crisis. The effects of this crisis are most evident in the social services offices, public schools, juvenile detention centers of America. If one has never visited or taken part there in, one can watch The Wire, Season 4, to get a fictional, yet poignant and masterful portrayal of ...
Posted to The Best Policy by Usama2 on March 20, 2008