Areas In Britain Have Become ''Men Deserts'' - YouTube

Ma99ie · 2013-09-25T16:45:25+00:00

I love how the feminist cometator contradicts the report, saying there are male role models, that many men are deadbeats, and says we need money for single parent households.

Pecanpig · 2013-09-25T15:34:47+00:00

To be fair to David Whatshisface, doing anything to promote a stable family would be political suicide.

saint2e · 2013-09-25T14:59:38+00:00

Embarrassingly, I read this as "Men Desserts" and was wondering how a after meal treat was worthy of discussion.

Not a bad discussion, really. I like how the male interviewee was focusing on the importance of a male role, and the woman interviewee was focused on financial support.

I think both things are needed to raise a child successfully, even though the people bringing those points forward fit the stereotypical focus of the genders.

Chicago-JSO · 2013-09-25T20:41:00+00:00

I like the guy, they interviewed. The women is just full of crap. However, the women does raise a point, grandfather is and can be a sort of "father" the problem is that there is only one generation of "grandfather" when the boys who are fatherless now grow up their sons, whom they will not see, won't even have grandfather. That's when things get really bad.

I'm glad that the male interviewee pointed out that many "dead beat dad's" are the product of single mothers!

Ted8367 · 2013-09-25T23:21:47+00:00

Caroline grins too much. This is what a feminist can look like.

andrewisboredx2 · 2013-09-25T23:26:42+00:00

educated black male with a british accent speaking out about fatherlessness? That's my definition of sexy right there.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-09-26T16:34:51+00:00

So naturally those areas are crime free utopias.

Right?

SRSLovesGawker · 2013-09-25T19:25:24+00:00

One stat that stood out to me was the small, small number of male teachers.

While on the one hand I firmly believe that men are discriminated against in childcare and educational areas, I also believe what we're seeing here is just the reverse of the "no women in math/science jobs" problem.

Men just don't commonly want to do that job, and it's a personal choice which is rooted in ungovernable social attitudes. So while it's a shame, that part, at least, can't really be fixed.

SRSLovesGawker · 2013-09-26T11:19:32+00:00

I would have liked to see some focus put on the negative factors correlated with no positive male role model in the family: increased risk of failing at school, increased risk for drug or alcohol dependency, increased risk of criminal activity and so on. They focused heavily on the financial aspect, but barely touched on the social costs of children (particularly boys) having strong male role models they can relate to and emulate.

Frankly, lower quality than I've come to expect from the BBC.

Title	Areas In Britain Have Become ''Men Deserts'' - YouTube
Author	ShitLordXurious
Upvotes	45
Comments	27
Date	September 25, 2013 2:49 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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