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WE MUST SAVE MEN
By Melvin L. Latimer
November 2000 --
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons just recently reported that there are nearly 2 million
(over 1 million are African American men) incarcerated in our federal and state
prisons/jails in the U.S. alone. That
represents an alarming 2.4% of all men in the U.S. and 6% of all African
American males in the U.S.
Most
of the damage committed in society is widely contributed to by men
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91%
of drunk drivers – men
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90%
of parental abuse – men
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80%
of suicide deaths – men
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Boys
between the ages 10-18 are 4 to 5 times more likely to commit suicide than
girls – future men
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Men
are increasingly isolated from their homes due to work or divorce
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Over
60% of high school drop-outs are boys – future men
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80%
serious drug addictions – men
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80%
of America’s homeless and 35% of those are Vietnam Veterans – men
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Men
are 43 times more likely than women to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals
and 25 times as likely to end up in prison.
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Nearly
80% of all homicide victims – men
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50%
of domestic homicides committed against –men
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Life
expectancy for men is 7 years less than the life expectancy for a women
Consequently,
what a man does or does not do in his relationship with his family can affect up
to four generations this being the determining factor in the make-up of ones’
family tree. The problem in our
society is the state of our men! We
spend hundreds of millions of dollars to save our water-friendly pals,
air-abiding creatures, and our rain forests, but sadly we do very little when it
comes to saving the world’s greatest commodity – men. Tragically, men are slowly becoming endangered species. If we are going to bring about change in America than we must save men
In
closing, I challenge every religious, federal and state leaders to pour all
necessary resources to save our men. If
we do not save
men, America has very little chance of survival in this new millennium.
God
help save men!
For More Information Contact:
Men On A Mission Worldwide Ministries ( MOAM )
P.O. Box 452, Temple Hills, Maryland 20757
Tel:
FAX:
Internet: latimerm@moam.org
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