Per capita?
I doubt this is true, I very much doubt it.
If you are talking about absolute numbers? Sure, that makes sense. There are more folks that were victims of abuse. Abuse usually starts in one of two ways, either person is a victim of a person that had been a victim themselves, or they are a victim of an adult who is completely, staggeringly drunk/high/etc. . .
IMO, this is one of the reasons our nation had experimented with prohibition.
Most folks today ARE NOT even exposed to the four cardinal virtues, so how can we expect to maintain a civilization?
. . . in my family, it is axiomatic, and cultural, you don't have more than a drink, maybe a second? around kids, it models poor behavior. Yet, in many families, getting drunk and high around children is totally fine????
None of this would be an issue if the four virtues were adhered to.
What the hell has happened in this nation?
Four cardinal virtues
- Prudence (φρόνησις, phrónēsis; Latin: prudentia; also Wisdom, Sophia, sapientia), the ability to discern the appropriate course of action to be taken in a given situation at the appropriate time.
- Justice (δικαιοσύνη, dikaiosýnē; Latin: iustitia): also considered as fairness;[3] the Greek word also having the meaning righteousness
- Fortitude (ἀνδρεία, andreía; Latin: fortitudo): also termed courage: forbearance, strength, endurance, and the ability to confront fear, uncertainty, and intimidation
- Temperance (σωφροσύνη, sōphrosýnē; Latin: temperantia): also known as restraint, the practice of self-control, abstention, discretion, and moderation tempering the appetition. Plato considered Sōphrosynē, which may also be translated as sound-mindedness, to be the most important virtue.
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