Recent comments in /f/dataisbeautiful

EclecticKant t1_izw7j6c wrote

The only options are a 20% reduction or returning to the bronze age?

Following the same path of the EU would be more than enough, and probably more than anyone expects or asks from the USA, the EU produces roughly half the tons of Co2 both per Capita and per dollar of value produced compared to the US. And the US is probably richer than the average European country, so the lack of money is probably not the problem.

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Farlander2821 t1_izw4qhr wrote

I grew up with a single father after my mother died when I was very young. He got almost none of the benefits that are usually given to single mothers. He wasn't able to take off work to take care of me, the school system wouldn't believe him when he said my mother was unable to sign forms for me until he got annoyed enough and mailed them a copy of her death certificate. People will often assume he is divorced and will act like he's a terrible person for keeping me away from my mother or whatever. I know life isn't easy for single mothers, but there's so many challenges and stigmas that single fathers go through as well. Hopefully as it becomes more common that will get better

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ArguesWithZombies t1_izvzogy wrote

4353 Increase in Mothers4307 Increase in Fathers

number of single mothers has incrasted slightly more than fathers over the last 31 years.

edit: should have adjusted for pop increase for this to be a useful graph. shows very little otherwise. other than over 30 years not much has changed in the ratio of fathers to mothers.

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AffectionatePanic t1_izvtmk5 wrote

Err... this chart is showing the increase of single parenthood for fathers. It is also clearly shown that single motherhood remains the vast majority. Maybe we don't want ONLY information about the sad majority and nothing else. It's not a competition who's the bigger victim. Instead you could be happy that more men will know what it's like to raise kids alone and maybe things will actually start to change, like more policies for benefits and availability of cheap birth control.

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AuntyMeme t1_izvpt5d wrote

Sympathy card? You must be watching Lifetime Channel. Really not a lot of sympathy for single moms out there. I was a single mom...I had to be the dad too and work a full time job. It was stressful, near poverty level and lonely. This is the majority.

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