Posted by catching12 on June 8, 2011, 11:30 pm, in reply to "The Term I Hate"
This problem largely exists because, as most of us already realize, it pays to be a single mother. It's much harder to milk the welfare cow when you are married or linked to a boyfriend. There are women who have kids knowing that they will receive a state payout.
That said, it's also a cultural problem that is largely limited to the lower classes. You rarely see this stuff occurring in middle-class, upper middle-class, or upper-class families.
When a society must use coercion instead of morality to bring social order, there is a serious problem.