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I think they hit their expectations more often. Lots of women develop goals of having a family, a decent husband and stability in their life. Not all, obvious
by brc 12y ago
I think they hit their expectations more often.
Lots of women develop goals of having a family, a decent husband and stability in their life. Not all, obviously, but it is a common enough set of goals. Lots of women achieve these goals and gain a state of relative happiness.
Lots of men develop goals of things like sporting prowess, business success and material wealth. These things are much less common to achieve than a decent family life.
I think underlying it all is the fact that men are also generally more capable of violent acts, probably including towards themselves.
- pervycreeper 12y ago>men are also generally more capable of violent acts Do you have a citation for that claim? Also, what distinguishes a "violent" method of killing oneself from a "nonviolent" one?
- brc 12y agoSeriously? How about every war ever started since the beginning of history? Is that enough citation? A violent method of killing is shooting, hanging, etc. A non violent one is sleeping pills or gassing.
- chadzawistowski 12y agoProbably an issue of wording here. I would have said "men are generally more likely to use violent methods of suicide", which is in fact the case. Obviously both genders are capable of violence.
- cpursley 12y agoThat's an interesting observation on goals.