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To: bentway who wrote (657452)	6/2/2012 3:10:42 PM
From: mel221	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578029

>> This is total partisan crap, Mel. Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [a croupier hands Renault a pile of money] Croupier: Your winnings, sir. Lets see, We are having a discussion about serial losers and just plain losers... Mondale... lost (too old to continue) Dukakis... lost and quit Gore... lost and (won Nomination) then lost and quit. Kerry... lost and quit. Nixon... lost and won. Reagan... lost and won GHWB... lost and won. Dole... lost (too old to continue) McCain...lost (too old to continue) Romney... lost and won Nomination... still at it.

To: bentway who wrote (657452)	6/2/2012 7:27:52 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 1578029

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo claims that today's young men are destined for failure because of porn and video games. In his controversial book The Demise of Guys: Why Boys Are Struggling And What We Can Do About It, Zimbardo and co-author Nikita Duncan outline why he thinks men are failing in education and personal relationships. He suggests parents limit or cut off access to computers and video games to get their sons on the right track. Some highlights from the book: -Females currently outperform males at every level, from grade school to graduate school. Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of high school and college, according to the National Center of Education Statistics. -In 2011, young men's SAT scores were the worst they had been in 40 years. -Even Hollywood has caught on: films like Failure to Launch, Knocked Up and Jackass mock the ineptitude of this generation. -Boys account for 70 percent of D's and F's given at school. -Research shows guys aren't interested in being husbands, fathers or the head of the household. -Boys are four to five times more likely than girls to have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Two-thirds of students in special education programs are guys. -The average boy spends 13 hours a week playing video games. The average girl spends 5. The average young American will spend 10,000 hours playing video games by age 21. That's twice the time it takes to earn a bachelor's degree. -The average high school boy spends two hours watching porn every week. Men can't escape porn: 13,500 full-length commercial porn films were released in 2011, compared with 600 Hollywood films. -Researchers claim that internet pornography is hurting young boys' ability to form meaningful romantic relationships because they objectify their partner. -It's predicted that 60 percent of bachelor's degrees will go to women by 2016. -63 percent of men surveyed said they had a lack of motivation because of mixed messages from the media and society on their role. -70 percent of young men surveyed said their generation wouldn't be as smart or innovative as their peers in other First World countries. Here's a telling graph from the book: Read more: businessinsider.com