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| George K | Mar 22 2006, 06:50 AM Post #1 |
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Goths actually on the bright side of life 22 March 2006 By KRISTI GRAY Fretting that your teenager is a Goth and destined for ruin? Fear not. A British study shows they are more likely to become doctors, lawyers or architects. Researchers at Sussex University say many Goths – identifiable by their white faces, heavy make-up, black hair, piercings and jewellery – are just middle-class youths opting for a rebellious stint. Researcher Dr Dunja Brill said Goths were more likely to be bookworms than druggies. "They won't like me saying it, but their lifestyle, unlike the punk scene, is a middle-class sub-culture. It's a peaceful sub-culture. Drugs and anti-social behaviour do not play a big part," Brill said. "Many parents start to worry because they think their children may be depressed or suicidal when they start wearing black, but this is not usually the case. Most teenagers carry on being Goths into their adult life, wearing toned-down clothes, having good jobs, a mortgage and children." Christchurch student Michael Snook, 22, likes the shock factor in dressing as a Goth. He is finishing a mathematics honours degree and plans a career in code-breaking in the Government. For him, the clothes and the image are more important than the sub-culture, and he does not belong to any group. Snook enjoys making his own clothes, having learnt sewing skills in his part-time job making swimming-pool covers. Snook said most of the Goths he had met had similar backgrounds to his and he had not met one he did not consider intelligent. |
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