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We are truly fucked
My next victims….
One in five experiencing high
or very high levels of psychological distress.
On access – One in five youth were unable
to see a health care professional in the year.
Fewer than half of students are able
to talk to a professional in private.
More than one in five reported binge drinking in the last month.
At 14 – 15 years nearly one in five vape daily.
STI – two in five have not completed their HPV vaccine which will affect future cancer rates
One in seven grow up in a violent home ( FVSV ). 2 are absent today.
And as for their top 5 concerns…..
MEH…
We may be small, but thank you “TEAM”.
“ No woman does it all by herself”
‘Brown takes his place with the scruffs at his school.’
I think these boys really think he’s a bit of a joke. They’d have tucked their shirts in and stood up straight if they’d felt he was worth the effort.
No it shows solidarity – they think he’s just like a big brother who has ‘got on’, they don’t have to put on a show – he’s one of them or vice versa plus.
Why are there no child- bearers in this picture ? Where are the women who endure the pain and agony of childbirth and undertake the care and nurturing of children even if it half-kills them?
Where are the women? Where are they ? Why six boys ? Where are the girls?