Do you want to say that poor american's also don't know about birth control and whole russia is very well educated about it

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well, i don't believe in absolutes, and i know nothing of russia's culture, so i won't even touch that one.

but yes, it's very true that many uneducated people in america do not understand birth control. christian fundamentalists try very hard to keep birth control education out of schools here, and they're often successful. or they teach that it is wrong or immoral, and the less educated tend to be more susceptible to such propaganda.

perhaps india is an extreme case, but it illustrates a point. i think we often use extremes to prove a point, right?

but looking at GENERAL TRENDS, birth rates are usually higher with poverty and lower with education.

russia excepted, obviously.

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2007/2008 Report

05Demographic trends


Population, annual growth rate (%)
- - - - - - - US UK Russia India
(1975-05) 1.0 0.2 0.2 2.0
(2005-15) 0.9 0.4 -0.5 1.4
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
- - - - - - - US UK Russia India
(1975-05) 2.0 2.0 2.0 5.3
(2005-15) 2.0 1.7 1.3 3.1

Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and older)
- - - - - - - US UK Russia India
(1975-05) 1.0 1.0 1.0 39.0


figures taken from
Statistics - Human Development Report Office



Thats just to sort out the arguement above..but i dnt really see what revelevance that has to the original thread :S

hoie iekqR imlhu myry BweI duibDw dUir krhu ilv lwie ]
hoe eikathr milahu maerae bhaaee dhubidhhaa dhoor karahu liv laae ||
Come and join together, O my Siblings of Destiny; dispel your sense of duality and let yourselves be lovingly absorbed in the Lord.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji ki FATEH!!

I blame the media for this!!
We have to get in and change the world!
A good start would be making films, games, comics... like SarblohWarriors - Home or jatlee.blogspot.com, who is starting a comic. Singh Media - SinghMedia : Working for the Sikh Community - has also created Sikhi related T Shirts and cartoon characters. As we get more strong Singhs and Singhnis in the media, we''ll start to see a change.

So true!

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I live in a small college town and the nearest Sikh center is over an hour away. There are very few Sikhs anywhere around here -- I certainly never expect to see one. But last week I took this new job and as I was walking out of the building I saw the pictures of the last year's best employees out of the corner of my eye and stopped suddenly to back up and take a second look -- there right in the middle was the most awesomely gorgeous man with a turban, thick black beard and beautiful eyes.

A Sikh! Here!? I was so taken aback and excited! So I've been kind of looking around since then thinking I might see him or his wife or something. Today I finally asked someone where that guy worked. They said, "The one with the turban?" I said yes and they rolled their eyes and said they hadn't seen him and hoped they didn't because they couldn't stand Muslims.

I told her, "No -- he's a Sikh... they're nothing like Muslims! They're from India and they're very ethical, fascinating people." But she just kind of shrugged her shoulders.

I think there is a lot of ignorance out there and many Sikhs are under pressure because people are mistaking them for Muslims. I wonder if some young Sikhs are cutting their hair for that reason? I hope not!

But as for my personal thoughts on Sikh men with long hair and turbans -- wow. There is no man more handsome than a Sikh. NONE. A LOT of women are really enthralled by a Sikh man with his beard and turban, knowing that he has that long beautiful hair... I'll tell you the truth -- lots of women are virtually intoxicated by a man with long silky hair.

Don't you EVER cut it!

I know a family of Sikhs who moved to the States many years ago. They are both doctors and are very busy people. They both started cutting their hair a few years after they arrived. I asked her why and she said it was just too time consuming, especially for him. I am sad about that. I would have loved to have seen them before they cut their hair.

There's nothing as beautiful on anyone as long natural hair.

If you say that from your heart then you definitely haven't been affected by media.

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Anything the media tells me, I imagine the opposite and believe that.

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Dear caroline

If I am not wrong women don't like long hair on men and they hate beard too .I read many surveys on This and majority of women not at all like beard.If women really like long hair on men then why very few non Sikh men keep it.?

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what surveys? who takes them and who do they poll? i know a lot of american women who prefer men with long hair and/or beards. just because the "majority" doesn't like something doesn't mean we all don't.

keep in mind, even 1% of women is still millions of people!

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Come on jasleen Please accept this truth that women like shaven faces that's why majority of romantic films they show cute shaven heroes not the bearded one.whether it is hollywood or bollywood they hardly show hero sporting beards.so I simply cannot beleive this that women like beards.

The following thread I posted months back about ranting of a non Sikh man who blames shaving on women

http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/genera...n-t-shave.html

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