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Comparing the suicide rate of those groups with middle aged white men (adjusted for the population size) is a bit silly. Some sources point to 40% of trans peop
by sergioisidoro 3y ago
Comparing the suicide rate of those groups with middle aged white men (adjusted for the population size) is a bit silly. Some sources point to 40% of trans people having attempted suicide, and I don't think 40% of middle aged men have attempted suicide.
In absolute numbers the suicide rate among men is an epidemic, but it's not fair to equate the two populations...
- flippinburgers 3y agoUh. Ok so one groups rate of successful suicide is more important than the others. Gotcha. At least we can agree that it is an epidemic among white middle aged men.
- ruszki 3y agoThe mentioned statistics are not comparable, so there is no "more importance" regarding this.
- flippinburgers 3y agoAs if.
- jstarfish 3y agoComparing rate of suicide to frequency of suicide attempts is dishonest. Histrionics grossly inflate the "attempt" rate. The most-dramatic demographic (teenagers) only succeeds 15% of the time, with 12.4% of teenaged girls attempting (5.3% for boys). Anything qualifies! I've got one who "attempted" suicide as a fucking negotiation tactic-- literally, "give me what I want or I'll kill myself." She's not trans, just Karen incarnate, and had no problems appropriating their "life-affirming care" argument to secure concessions for herself. Small wonder these numbers are so high-- it's a bullshit metric.
- erhaetherth 3y agoFwiw, sometimes they follow through.