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"At present, men account for 80 percent of all suicides." Yet, "There’s more funding on research into women’s mental health and the suicidality of women and in
by uberdru 8y ago
"At present, men account for 80 percent of all suicides." Yet, "There’s more funding on research into women’s mental health and the suicidality of women and in young people."
- sp332 8y agoWomen attempt suicide more often than men, as far as anyone can tell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide#Differing_methods_by_gender https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide#... Edit: removed "far more"
- 21 8y ago"attempt"
- notadoc 8y agoAttempting suicide is usually a call for help. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/205075 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/... > Of the attempters, 39.3% (3.5) endorsed the statement that they made a serious attempt, and it was only because of luck that they did not die; while 13.3% (2.1) endorsed the statement that they were serious, but knew the method was not foolproof; and the remaining 47.3% (3.9) endorsed the statement that their attempt was a cry for help, and they did not want to die.
- rgbrenner 8y agoEdit: Ok... I'm just adding some numbers to the parent post because there werent any in the wikipedia link. From the downvotes.. apparently data isn't welcome.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoReported being a very important word here.
- eurticket 8y agois there a way to estimate unreported cases from end result, actual deaths?
- finnthehuman 8y agoDoes the risk behavior survey measure anything other than lies from people who can keep their lies internally-consistent for an hour? (And I do include false negatives in addition to false positives in the liar category.)
- influx 8y agoSperm is cheap, eggs are expensive.
- naveen99 8y agoTime in uterus is expensive. Until they figure out how to use a cow uterus to host a human test tube baby I guess. Eggs are rarer then sperm, but it’s more of a political limit given cloning is possible. But really, women are barely having 2 children each. If we really needed more children, then society could encourage more by subsidizing children even more.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoWomen are more important than men. Men cannot reproduce and if you add mental problems to that it makes them completely useless. Deep down both women and men know this. Men are not born with any value whatsoever. So much for "male privilege".
- jrs95 8y agoWell, we are good at violence both literally and metaphorically. Turns out that results in more economic, social, and political power.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoOh for crying out loud. Do I have to make it even more clear? "We" are not good at anything. An extremely small percentage of men are good at that. You're commenting on an article about men committing suicide. Did those men have economic, social or political power?
- sctb 8y agoYou need to make your points more thoughtfully and with less generic inflammation, like the guidelines ask. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- cup-of-tea 8y agoPlease explain. It's unclear which guideline this violates. There isn't a guideline prohibiting unfashionable views.
- sctb 8y ago> Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. What that means in this case is: don't make inflammatory claims without anything to back them up, don't be personally thorny, etc. Make sure your post has actual information that we can learn from, not just provocation.