PP17 Youth Identities (2015.10.01)

Youth Identities
Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164)
[email protected] ・http://edu.tsuda.ac.jp/~cburgess
Starving koalas
secretly culled at
Cape Otway,
'overpopulation
issues' blamed for
ill health
37th Sydney Mardi Gras (March 7- March 2 2015)
• 1978: Established to commemorate Stonewall Inn
Riots in NY (police raid on lesbian/gay bar)
• 1981: Became summer festival
• 2002: Financial Problems: bankruptcy
• 2003: ‘New’ Mardi Gras – 250,000 attend
• Now: world’s biggest celebration of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, intersex, and questioning
(LGBTIQ) culture (3wks)
• 2013: 9,000 participants &110 floats (300,000 spectators!)
The First Australians Freedom Riders bus, celebrating
Australia's indigenous people and the 50th anniversary of the
Freedom Rides (1965: Univ. of Sydney students rode bus into
NSW country towns to highlight segregation)
Kylie Minogue
Youth Identities
“actively identifies
opportunities for better
integration of policy and
program settings across the
Australian Government”
Ex-Minister for Youth: Peter Garrett
• Suicide
• Drugs
• Alcohol
• Smoking
• Voting/Politics
• Obesity
YOUTH
IDENTITIES:
TODAY’S
TOPICS
Suicide Rates (per 100,00人)
WHO 2011
50
40
日
30
20
10
0
0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Suicide Rate by Age
25
20
15
豪
10
5
0
0-14
15-24 25-34
35-54
55-64 65-74
75+
Suicide in Australia
• Suicide is the leading cause of death among
under 30’s (8 in every 100,000)
• 1 /4 young people living with mental disorder
• Homosexuality issues may be involved in up
to 1/3 of young men under 24 who suicide
• Aboriginal suicide rates are possibly 2 to 3
times that of non-Aboriginal Australians
Understanding Suicide
• Durkheim’s 3 kinds of suicide
– Egoistic (利己の): isolation/lack of integration
– Altruistic (利他的な): over-integration
– Anomic (異例の): at times of rapid social change
• High rate of happiness=high rate of suicide?
Link to WHO 2014 report
Drugs
• 35-36% Australians are/were dope smokers
(マリファナ:インド大麻の葉と花を乾燥させて作る麻薬; 主に喫煙)
In Japan, stimulants (覚せい剤)
and paint thinners have been a
problem since the 1990s. According
to the UNDCP, Japan ranks 5th in the
world in terms of stimulants confiscated (没収)
Australian police seize
methamphetamine with street
value of $200m
• 200 kilograms of
methamphetamine
(“crystal meth” or
“ice”) discovered at
Melbourne Dock in
tyres of a truck arrived
from China with three
port workers arrested
Cannabis=大麻
Crystal meth=メタンフェタミン
メタンフェタミン
Needle exchanges
• Needle and Syringe Programs
(NSPs) start in 1991
• Estimated to have…
– prevented 25,000 new HIV infections
and 21,000 hepatitis C infections in
just 10 years
– prevented 4500 AIDS-related deaths
throughout Australia by 2010
– saved an estimated $2.4 billion in
public health funding.
Alcohol
In Japan & OZ there is more:
• Binge drinking (ドンちゃん騒ぎ飲酒)
= more than 5 consecutive drinks
• Young women drinking
• Youngsters drinking fruit
flavoured wine-coolers
日本男子高校生：50% drink more than once a month
日本女子高校生：30- 40% drink more than once a month
(OZ: 1 in 5 males & 1 in 10 females drink at least once/month)
Rohypnol/GHB
•
•
•
•
•
Small tablet quickly dissolves
Colourless, tasteless, odorless
Effects peak 8 hours after taking
Complete memory loss
Become defenseless
Smoking
Regular Smokers in Australia
Total (‘07)
(’09)
16-17 (‘02)
Male
（男）
21%
(38.9%↓)
21%
(15-19 ５人に１人）
20-24
41%
(20-29 60.9%)
（Japan）
Female
（女）
18%
(11.9% ↑)
25%
???
38%
(20-29 16.9%)
Voting/Politics
• Japan: Voting age 20, voluntary
– 第42回衆議院議員総選挙
• 20歳～24歳投票率：３５．６４％
– 第19回参議院議員通常選挙
• 20歳～24歳投票率：３１．３６％
A$20 fine!
• Australia: Voting age 18, compulsory
– 60% of 18-24 year olds say they
would vote if voluntary…
Questionnaire
1) Are you interested in politics?
y/n
50% aged 18-24 have an interest in politics
2) Is Japan a democratic country?
y/n
55% aged 12-15 said Australia was democratic
3) Were you taught about citizenship (市民権） at
school?
y/n
52% aged 12-15 were taught about citizenship
4) Who/What is your most trustworthy source of
political information?
75% aged 12-15 said teachers best source
Obesity (肥満)
• ６０％ adult Australians overweight or obese:
most overweight in the world (=US) !
• The number of obese children in Australia
tripled between 1985 and 1995.
• One in four children is overweight or obese
• Estimated that half of all young Australians
will be overweight by 2025
(rising at annual rate of 1%)
• In a 2003 survey in Victoria, just 7% of
children had no junk food in their lunch
boxes!
School Life/Home Life
Youth Identities
Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164)
[email protected] ・http://edu.tsuda.ac.jp/~cburgess

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