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>more women attempt to commit suicide My understanding is women attempt suicide but more men succeed at it.
by ashwagary 4y ago
>more women attempt to commit suicide
My understanding is women attempt suicide but more men succeed at it.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoin the US. because guns.
- luckylion 4y agoIt's the same in Germany. Without guns. Men commit suicide approximately 3 times as often as women with the exception of children under the age of 15, where there's slightly more girls than boys. [1] At the same time, women more frequently "try". The common explanation is that most of those aren't serious tries but rather cries for help and attention, while men will try to commit suicide when they positively want to die. Before you protest, here's an article describing multiple studies suggesting such (in German), which adds that male suicide is a sign of toxic masculinity, so it should be above suspicion of being misogynistic. [2] [1] https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Gesundheit/Todesursachen/Tabellen/suizide.html https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Gesund... [2] https://www.spektrum.de/news/suizid-paradox-toedliche-geschlechterrolle/1620966 https://www.spektrum.de/news/suizid-paradox-toedliche-geschl...