St Mungo's Sleeping Rough: Gynocentric To The Max...
The 29% increase in rough sleepers in London is mainly men. So, what is St Mungo's doing? And isn't her make-up perfect?
The vast majority of those sleeping rough are men. It is so. Even the odd statistic below stating 1 in 4 homeless (not necessarily sleeping rough) are women doesn't match my personal experience. I've known of exactly three women sleeping rough in my fifty seven years on the planet - and one did it as a rebellious teenager, seeking experience and then dropped it like a hot potato. And I've known about the same number of 'homeless' women, staying with friends/relatives.
So, even if 1 in 4 homeless are women, shouldn't that be 3 in 4 homeless are men? The MAJORITY? And is the so-called homeless stat being contributed to by the 'invisible homeless' - those (largely women) staying with friends/relatives, and not on the freezing streets?
It's not that homelessness shouldn't be addressed, it should, but isn't being on the pavement the greater priority?
But St Mungo's in London, England, puts us right. Their latest Twitter Tweet shows us exactly who we should be bothered about. Some very clean and highly made-up poser. And a female to boot!
Suspect stat. Count the women sleeping rough you see around your area. Even with tweaked stats, the vast majority are still men. But we should be concerned about the one woman homeless, not the three men. In the case of the women, it's largely 'homeless' - meaning without a name on a rent card or mortgage - not sleeping rough.
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