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having children creates responsibilities. it's not like men have responsibility and women don't. it's a false dichotomy about "purpose." that's what i meant by

• tastyfreeze 2y ago
  This is a thread about suicide rates. The comment I responded to was specifically about older women committing suicide at a higher rate than younger women. People need to feel like their life has meaning and purpose. Those can be found many different ways. However, having and raising a family is one way the majority of people in the world find meaning and purpose. My phrasing was purposeful. The leading cause of suicide is depression. Childless women are 46% more likely to be depressed. Women are twice as likely to have depression than men. So, that puts childless women at a significantly higher risk of suicide than childless men. Men seem to have more paths to find purpose in life than having a family. That said, having a family for both men and women is more likely to give both meaning and purpose to their lives. It also gives them both opportunity to not be lonely later in life.