tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post7921614819690953366..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: Let's drop the valium mythUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-89541705322994594722011-12-11T12:36:05.373+11:002011-12-11T12:36:05.373+11:00Elizabeth Smith said...
Some possible reasons for...<strong>Elizabeth Smith said...</strong><br /><br /><em>Some possible reasons for increase in alcohol consumption:<br /><br />1 - Distraction.<br />2 - Numbing the meaningless of modernity.<br />3 - Aliviating conditions such as a depression. </em><br /><br />When people (and I'm taking about men and women) are told that they don't have to take responsibility for anything, that alcoholism and drug addiction are illnesses rather than moral choices, then naturally you're going to have an explosion in alcohol and drug use.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-47771069180111560792011-12-11T07:46:52.213+11:002011-12-11T07:46:52.213+11:00Some possible reasons for increase in alcohol cons...Some possible reasons for increase in alcohol consumption:<br /><br />1 - Distraction.<br />2 - Numbing the meaningless of modernity.<br />3 - Aliviating conditions such as a depression.Elizabeth Smithhttp://alcestiseshtemoa.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-90081156800661565582011-12-10T11:46:18.508+11:002011-12-10T11:46:18.508+11:00Re depression - there was a particular problem in ...<em>Re depression - there was a particular problem in 1950s America that men often moved for work reasons, and their homemaker wives could become cut off from friends & family. This combined with the reduction in housework chores from labour saving devices, to give lots of isolated leisure time - a recipe for depression. It's the isolation that was the problem - it's not an issue in traditional close-knit communities. </em><br /><br />I agree. People often make the mistake of thinking that the 50s was a decade of stability but it wasn't. It was an era of major social change, a time when traditional communities were breaking down. Most of the social problems we have now have their roots in the 50s. The 50s is when it all started going wrong, although the catastrophic consequences didn't become evident for another couple of decades.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-55109998355050180722011-12-10T03:59:16.725+11:002011-12-10T03:59:16.725+11:00Re depression - there was a particular problem in ...Re depression - there was a particular problem in 1950s America that men often moved for work reasons, and their homemaker wives could become cut off from friends & family. This combined with the reduction in housework chores from labour saving devices, to give lots of isolated leisure time - a recipe for depression. It's the isolation that was the problem - it's not an issue in traditional close-knit communities. <br /><br />Men and women both need plenty of human contact. Women today are more stressed & unhappy, partly from work, although they don't work as hard as men on average.Simon in Londonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-51112547242433027292011-12-09T11:36:16.856+11:002011-12-09T11:36:16.856+11:00Chill out Normal Guy, just because they can make a...Chill out Normal Guy, just because they can make an argument doesn't mean that we can't make one too. I think the better feminist argument would be that current working conditions are too demanding, and express a masculine focus on productivity as a sole goal, without regard for the workers or a home life balance etc. This is turn forces woman to drink heavily etc to alleviate stress. When women are in charge they’ll be a more “natural” blending or the home, work, personal development and productivity spheres etc. Good times.Jesse_7https://www.blogger.com/profile/08732509086253241748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-64852368380606390652011-12-09T03:32:34.829+11:002011-12-09T03:32:34.829+11:00"Surely the evidence here is clear enough. Wo..."Surely the evidence here is clear enough. Women are taking more pills and drinking more booze as society changes in a feminist direction - which leaves the valium argument discredited."<br /><br />Doesn't work that way. Feminist will word it differently, it's because White men are not allowing them to be free and achieve greater autonomy. In other words, it's because they reach the glass ceiling and can go no further. It's the men's fault once again.<br /><br />And if you disagree with that? Well...What are ya? A chav who wants to kill 6 million Jews, that's what!Normal Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-53973129757821623952011-12-08T17:19:33.566+11:002011-12-08T17:19:33.566+11:00Oh yeah, for the past decade it's been relativ...Oh yeah, for the past decade it's been relatively common to see stories and opinion columns arguing just that, that people who vote for right-wing parties are suffering from one pathology or another. To be fair occasionally right-leaning columnists and politicians level the same charge at the left as well. It's a pretty dishonest thing to do as it instantly turns a conversation from one about ideas and points of view to mutually traded insults.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-77052652992624800812011-12-08T17:02:54.236+11:002011-12-08T17:02:54.236+11:00TimT said...
Isn't this a symptom of a broade...<strong>TimT said...</strong><br /><br /><em>Isn't this a symptom of a broader cultural trend though - ie, the habit of viewing more and more social problems from a medical perspective? </em><br /><br />Unhappiness is an illness. Criminal behaviour is an illness. Not voting for the Left is probably an illness now as well.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-68317615900918015282011-12-08T16:23:06.827+11:002011-12-08T16:23:06.827+11:00You can't say its particularily or predominant...You can't say its particularily or predominantly related to stay a home wives though.Jesse_7https://www.blogger.com/profile/08732509086253241748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-35728553282669880202011-12-08T15:33:31.661+11:002011-12-08T15:33:31.661+11:00Isn't this a symptom of a broader cultural tre...Isn't this a symptom of a broader cultural trend though - ie, the habit of viewing more and more social problems from a medical perspective? <br /><br />I'd be willing to bet that men self-medicate in similar ways and that those forms of self-medication have risen over the past few decades.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.com