What's Killing Poor White Women?

The American Spectator ^ | September 3, 2013 | Monica Potts

[Conservative4Ever]

Drugs?

[Oliviaforever]

From reading he one example in the article, it is clear that Crystal was in poor health, had some bad habits and did not take care of herself.

That is a recipe for death no matter your race, gender or education.

Take care of yourself, don’t be a 200+ pound diabetic and you too can live past age 38.

[gusty]

Give this person a cigar, I think we have a winner.

[Red Dog #1]

Monica Potts can't see beyond her anti-male/anti-family prejudices. An open minded person reading the story quickly ID’s weakening of families drugs, the dependency state, overly sexualized society, etc being the cause.

In typical fashion, the author's "fixes" are just more corrosive statism and saying patriarchy.

[Pining_4_TX]

I think they are poorer and have less support than they ever had. So many of them make the mistake of going from boyfriend to boyfriend and end up working full time and raising kids alone.

The feminist revolution was no friend of poor women. They can’t afford to be without a husband.

[MSF BU]

Good point. Seventh Day Adventists are typically a demographic noted for longevity; it would be interesting to see if the target demographic in that group fared as poorly.

[chessplayer]

This is a direct result of people being forced from work to welfare by the destruction of jobs by the eco-terrorist-globalists.

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So why are the eco-terrorists only killing off white women? The lifespan of unemployed black women hasn’t dropped 5 years.

[dalereed]

“Now that we are forcing more poor whites out of the work pool and onto the welfare rolls,”

Welfare pays enough to lead a very healthy life but the people that are om it live risky lives with drugs and alcohol and risky sex with multiple partners and getting aids.

[vpintheak]

Gee, all the war on poverty stuff is failing? Color me surprised!

[Liberty Valance]

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Blame it on Video Screen Addiction & Texting OBSESSION......

[AdaGray]

This is what happens to young women when young men are systematically neutered by the culture.

[RegulatorCountry]

The post-WWII generation of poor women were more prone to utilizing the services of a dentist, for one. That good habit and perhaps even preventative hygiene appears to be fading. All manner of medical ills follow in the wake of having inflammatory gum disease and abscesses for years. Diet, horrible, rampant obesity and the diabetes that comes with it. Exercise, not much, sedentary. Promiscuity, STD’s, cancer later in life as a result. They've been undermined from every side for over a generation and now comes the dividend. At least the mortality and longevity numbers look prettier to the racial bean counters now, maybe they'll shut up but I'm not holding my breath for that.

[Mad Dawgg]

Yep, I know several around here that died due to Rx drug overuse...

Oxy, percs and vics...