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Ok, I'll bite: The conclusion implied by the headline ("Especially for Girls") is that female suicides are a larger problem than male suicides, while the number
by p-e-w 3y ago
Ok, I'll bite: The conclusion implied by the headline ("Especially for Girls") is that female suicides are a larger problem than male suicides, while the numbers say the exact opposite, by a huge margin.
- karaterobot 3y agoI think it's more like: how would you rewrite this headline? Would you just leave off the second clause completely? Otherwise, if it does seem salient that the increase in suicide rate is higher among girls, how would you include that information without making people angry because they think that doing so ignores the historically higher rates among males? To me, it seems like an okay headline. The focus of the story is on the change, so it's not wrong to focus on the areas that change more.
- p-e-w 3y ago> how would you rewrite this headline? "An Analysis of Suicide Rates in the Anglosphere" Shocking, right? It's basically an admission that the facts are too complex to compress into a half-sentence, and if the reader wants to understand them they should read the actual article. But social cargo cult science has been operating like tabloid journalism for so long that this wouldn't even be considered.
- klipt 3y ago"Gender suicide gap narrows"
- nhinck2 3y agoThat would accurately describe a situation where suicide rates were minimising absolutely due to one group decreasing disproportionately. The title as-is is accurate
- klipt 3y agoLower number goes up, or higher number goes down, either can equally be described as "gap narrows". Is it wrong to say the "gender wage gap narrowed" when men's inflation adjusted wages have fallen?
- kemotep 3y agoI don’t think any suicide is the opposite of a problem. This article is highlighting how the increase in suicide rate amongst young women is greater than the overall increase in suicide rate is and pointing out probable causes for this. If something suddenly goes from 10% of the total to 20% of the total, why is pointing that problematic to you?
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- KennyBlanken 3y agoBecause society considers girls dying far more of a problem than boys dying. Talk about how male suicide is significantly higher and feminists will start shrieking about how teenage girls try more, because somehow that's more relevant than more boys actually dying from suicide.
- nhinck2 3y agoI think you are too far in the hole to read the title properly. It is absolutely not implying what you think it is.