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/^t/The opponents, however, prophesing the fall and disintegration of social environment strongly maintain that humans have put themselves in a situation which is largely unnatural to them. They compare human beings to animals in captivity, as opposed to the required status quo, namely, animals under normal conditions, in their natural habitats. Those who see many disadvantages of contemporary, mostly city social structure put forward an argument of increasing violence and deviant behaviour resulting from pressures of living under social pressure - in "human zoo". They point to examples of parents abusing their children, people suffering from eating disorders, a variety of bizarre neuroses and psychoses, increasing suicides etc. The above examples are considered by them to be the true "achievements" of modern social structure in environments where people are confined, without a space they do need to function normally.