Why are 80% of suicides men?
Is this a gender issue?
Is this a gender equality issue?
Is this a gender issue?
Is this a gender equality issue?
It depends on other factors, and is a generalisation, but i would say that a woman who is a "failure" may not have as gloomy prospects as if he were a man.
There isn't really a category of men who go to university to find a spouse and then become a stay-at-home dad.
No judgement on either; but a man who is not successful professionally is generally seen as a deadbeat and has few prospects. A woman has additional options aside from professional success.
So, what your parent is suggesting is that men have fewer options, so the pressure is higher.
There's also a whole discussion that argues men are not attributed any intrinsic value; their value is all rooted in their success, in what they have accomplished. Women on the other hand, the argument goes, are always attributed intrinsic value. Even if they are not famous, or wealthy, or educated, they are still valued. I can't really pose that argument well though, just thought I'd mention it.
A very high percentage of street people are male. Women who are homeless are much more likely to crash with family or couch surf.
There are complex factors involved in both cases. Male homelessness is also, to some extent, an expression of agency that women often lack and the care that helps put limits on the bottom for women is also a contributing factor to the glass ceiling above.
But it is essentially accurate that the world cares less about men and pressures them to prove themselves or GTFO. (So some GTFO permanently by commiting suicide.)
Much of the disparity appears to explained by the choice of method; men are much more likely to choose more lethal methods, leading to a greater number of deaths from a smaller number of attempts. Men seem to be more impulsive and progress more quickly from suicidal thoughts to suicidal behaviour.
Women tend to choose things like drug overdoses or wrist cutting, while men tend to choose things like hanging or firearms.
Women apparently attempt suicide more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide#...
If you attempt suicide and succeed you're not going to do it again.
Interestingly, the suicide attempts are often categorized as a call for help, as specifically stated by the attempters themselves.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/...
> Of the attempters, 39.3% (3.5) endorsed the statement that they made a serious attempt, and it was only because of luck that they did not die; while 13.3% (2.1) endorsed the statement that they were serious, but knew the method was not foolproof; and the remaining 47.3% (3.9) endorsed the statement that their attempt was a cry for help, and they did not want to die.
It makes you wonder, why the gender discrepancy? Is this cultural? Social? Are women simply better at asking for help than men? Are men simply more stubborn than women?
There is a men's mental health epidemic, I'm not trying to diminish that. Where things get tricky is when people lament other groups getting equal representation (politically, culturally, or especially economically) as the reason for it. That is an inherently racist or misogynistic political stance, even when coyly presented devoid of context, because it ultimately must advocate for a return to those inequalities.
Women’s suffrage was a close flow on from universal suffrage.
It’s historically dishonest to imply that all men had the vote prior to women when that’s not even remotely close to the truth.
Likewise, I’m sure Western/European women felt mighty valuable when generations of me, right up until Vietnam in the 70s when men were still addressing involuntary conscription. Nothing says disposable like being shipped off to war by the boatload.
I don't see a point having been made, but I do see a coward unable to abide criticism of their opinions. Whatever those were.