It's not alarming (to the average person) because in the human species, females are precious and males are disposable. You can see this theme running throughout

It's not alarming (to the average person) because in the human species, females are precious and males are disposable. You can see this theme running throughout a huge gamut of social situations and media. When bad things happen to girls, this triggers a low-level concern response that isn't triggered when bad things happen to boys. Boys are supposed to get back up, shake it off, and try harder. If they kill themselves, we feel a little bad, but the badness is the same level (give or take) as throwing away a plate of food before it was finished. It has taken me a very long time to accept this as true (and am far from accepting it as right).