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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