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Males commit suicide more, in general (in western countries). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_
by Mikeb85 7y ago
Males commit suicide more, in general (in western countries). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide
Edit - as for why there were more male suicides linked to this show, one reason for male suicides in western countries is the increasing marginalisation of men (whereas in countries with more female suicides or a more equal ratio, women are highly marginalised). If the show glorifies suicide as a way to gain more attention and de-marginalise the individual, it makes sense that more young men would do it.
- ousta 7y agobe careful don't state facts like this here. that might trigger some Californians.
- adrianN 7y agoMen are more successful, but women try more often.
- Mikeb85 7y ago'Try'.
- sdinsn 7y agoAs in they attempt suicide more often, but have lower rates of success.
- Mikeb85 7y agoI'm implying that some of the attempts may be half-hearted. The US has more than 1 gun for every person in the country. The fact anyone survives a suicide attempt means that perhaps they didn't really want to die?
- sdinsn 7y agoWomen are much less likely to own guns.
- Mikeb85 7y agoAre they less likely to live in households where there are guns? Men are what, 10x more successful in suicide attempts? It's quite the discrepancy.
- sdinsn 7y agoMale gun ownership is 62% while female is 22%. Male suicide rate is somewhere between 3 to 5 times higher than female suicide rate in the US. Globally, males are ~2x more likely. Note that women are also ~20% more likely to see health professionals.
- scarmig 7y agoEven in the UK, where guns are a rare instrument of suicide, men kill themselves 3-4x as often as women.
- mieseratte 7y ago> Men are more successful, but women try more often. What's the source behind that, particularly how do they count "try," e.g. is it self-reported or based on emergency services dispatched? Does something like sitting in your closet with a 12GA in your mouth for 30 minutes only to emerge unscathed, to never speak of it again count as a try?
- adrianN 7y agoThe Wikipedia article linked above: > Although females attempt suicide at a higher rate, they are more likely to use methods that are less immediately lethal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide#Differing_methods_by_gender https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide#...
- mieseratte 7y agoI'm asking about methodology as relates to the statistic, not for the sentence in a Wiki.
- adrianN 7y agoThen perhaps check out the references the Wikipedia gives?
- scarmig 7y agoIf you take the statistics at face value, men are literally 10x more effective at committing suicide. Attempting suicide has very different meanings for men and women. All too often the "but women try more!" is a what-about-the-womens attempt to distract from a very real, distinctly male problem.
- jammygit 7y agoCitation? It seems likely that men are less likely to talk about it afterwards too, which might be complicating