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Chastity And How Society Works Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. St Georgetown University Nov. 2010

Chastity And How Society Works Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. St Georgetown University Nov. 2010. The Five Basic Institutions Five Basic Tasks. Government. Market. School. Church. Family. Instrumental. Relational. Fundamental Capacities. Force / Benevolence. Work. Intelligence.

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Chastity And How Society Works Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. St Georgetown University Nov. 2010

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  1. Chastity And How Society Works Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. St Georgetown University Nov. 2010

  2. The Five Basic Institutions Five Basic Tasks Government Market School Church Family Instrumental Relational

  3. Fundamental Capacities Force / Benevolence Work Intelligence Reflection Sexuality

  4. Fundamental Tasks Of the Individual Gov Market School Church Family

  5. Fundamental Tasks Of the Couple Gov Gov Market Market School School Church Church Family Family

  6. Fundamental Tasks Of the Family Gov Market School Church Family Gov Gov Market Market School School Church Church Family Family

  7. Fundamental Tasks Of Society Gov Market School Church Family Family Gov Market School Gov Church Market Family School Couple Church Family Gov Market School Church Family

  8. Fundamental Needs Of Society Safety & Justice Material Goods To Know Goodness & Meaning To Mate & Produce the Next Generation

  9. Belonging: Male + Female Society At Large Family Child / Adult Father Mother

  10. Society’s Foundational Relationship

  11. The Non-Thriving Marriage / Child Relationship

  12. Annual Rejection Ratio: For Every 100 Children Born Sources: CDC/ NCHS report series 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 Divorce 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 OWB 0.0 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1998 2000

  13. International Rejection Ratio 100 90 U S 80 A 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 China Japan Taiwan France Croatia Finland Canada Georgia Sweden Uruguay Slovakia Jamaica Slovenia Portugal Denmark Lithuania Macedonia El Salvador Switzerland Netherlands New Zealand United States Czech Republic New Calcedonia Serbia and Montenegro

  14. Family Structure: Comparative Rates Of Youth Incarceration 4 3.7 3.5 3 2.71 2.5 2.07 2 Comparative Rates of Incarceration 1.5 1 1 0.5 0 Raised in Intact Married Parent Raised in Mother-Only Family Raised in a Mother and Raised in a Stepmother Family Family Stepfather Family Source: C. Harper and S. McLanahan, “Father Absence and Youth Incarceration,” ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 1998. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.

  15. In Britain, a Child Whose Biological Mother Cohabits was 33 Times More Likely to Suffer Serious Abuse than a Child with Married Parents Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse, 1982-1988 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Mother Married to Stepfather Biological Mother Alone Biological Parents Cohabiting Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting Biological Parents Married Family Structure Source: Robert Whelan, Broken Homes and Broken Children, 1994.

  16. U.S: Partner / Spouse Violence Against Mothers Over 20 With Children under 12 Source DOJ Nat Crime Victimization Survey 1999 35 33 30 25 20 15 Rate Per 1,000 15 10 6 4 5 0 Married Widowed Married+Div+Sep Never Married Combined

  17. Yearly Income, 2000, Families With Children Note: Figures do not include transferred income $60,000 $54,000 $50,000 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 . $30,000 $23,000 $20,000 $20,000 $9,400 $9,100 $10,000 $0 First Marriage Second(+) Cohabitation Divorced Separated Widowed Never Married Marriage

  18. Children in Poverty, 2000 80 67 70 60 50 Percent In Poverty 41 39 40 31 30 20 13 12 10 0 FIRST MARRIAGE SECOND(+) MARRIAGE DIVORCED COHABITATION SEPARATED NEVER MARRIED

  19. Median Net Worth of Families With Children Under 18, 2000 Source: Survey of Consumer Finance, 2001 $140,000 $120,250 $120,000 $105,360 $100,000 $80,000 $60,000 $40,000 $27,800 $20,540 $16,540 $14,850 $20,000 $350 $0 First Marriage Second(+) Divorced Widowed Cohabitation Separated Never Married Marriage

  20. Children in Poverty Unmarried Parents Same Parents Married 3.17 Million Children 3.93 Million Children Out ofPoverty InPoverty 0.75 Million Children Source R Rector: Analysis of CPS 2001

  21. GPA English/Math by Family Structure Source: Adolescent Health Survey, Wave I. Adolescents grade 7-12. 2.90 2.9 2.80 2.70 2.6 Average GPA Enligsh/Math Combined 2.6 2.6 2.60 2.5 2.5 2.50 2.40 2.30 INTACT STEP COHABIT (BOTH COHABIT (ONE DIVORCED NEVER MARRIED NATURAL) NATURAL)

  22. Girls: Number of Sex Partners / Church Attendance Source: Adolescent Health Survey, Wave I. Adolescents grade 7-12.

  23. The More Sexual Partners the More Likely to Abort Source NSFG 1995 60 52 50 43 39 40 34 31 Percent who have abortions later 30 25 19 18 20 12 8 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21+ NUMBER OF NON MARITAL SEXUAL PARTNERS IN LIFETIME

  24. Non-Marital Sexual Partners and Out-of-Wedlock Births Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 60% 55.21% 49.99% 49.89% 49.45% 47.55% 50% 44.02% 42.66% 40.02% 40% 32.89% Percent of Sexually Active Women Aged 15-44 with Children 30% 20% 16.29% 10% 1.71% 0% Virgin at Had Pre- 1 2 3 4 5 6-10. 11-15. 16-20 21+ Time of Marital Sex First with First Marriage Husband Number of Lifetime Voluntary Non-Marital Sexual Partners

  25. Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners Versus Percent in a Stable Marriage Source NSFG 1995

  26. Virginity By Family Structure Source Add Health, 1996

  27. Female Homosexuality

  28. Female Homosexuality

  29. Female Homosexuality: Father Absence

  30. Female Homosexuality

  31. GPA

  32. Number of Sex Partners for Girls 1.55 1.60 1.40 1.14 1.20 0.93 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.47 0.40 0.20 ANY REJECTION 0.00 INTACT/COHABIT(NATURAL) <MONTHLY/NEVER WEEKLY/MONTHLY+

  33. 5 Institutions, 5Tasks: Virtues Needed • Family: Chastity, Kindness • Religion: Piety, Reflection • School: Pursuit of Understanding, • Hard Work • Government: Justice, Mercy • Marketplace: Honesty, Hard Work

  34. Within all the 5 Institutions: The single most important virtue? Church: ? School: ? Government: ? Marketplace: ? Family: ?

  35. Within all the 5 Institutions: The single most important virtue? Church: Piety School: Interested-Endurance Government: Justice Marketplace: Honesty Family: Chastity

  36. Society’s Foundational Relationship

  37. Acts 24, 24 • And after some days, Felix, coming with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jew, sent for Paul, and heard of him the faith, that is in Christ Jesus. 25 And as he treated of justice, and chastity, and of the judgment to come, Felix being terrified, answered: For this time, go thy way: but when I have a convenient time, I will send for thee.

  38. Parallel words in Translations of Paul’s discourse • Temperance (King James Bible; English Revised Version • Self control (American Standard Bible; International Standard Version; Weymouth New Testament; World English Bible ) • Chastity (Douay-Rheims); All meaning the same thing.

  39. Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners Versus Percent in a Stable Marriage Source NSFG 1995

  40. Society’s Foundational Relationship

  41. Contact • PFF@FRC.ORG • MARRIFRC.ORG • MAPPINGAMERICA.ORG

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