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This article is an about female suicides.

How does your theory of it being “the phones” make sense when boys and girls pretty much have equal access to phone?

If it’s phones, you would expect male suicides to be up as well.

And if it’s how girls react to phones, then isn’t the cause that more specific thing than just “phones”.

The headline makes it seem like that, but here’s a taste from the article itself:

> Since 2010, rates of self-harm episodes have increased for adolescents in the Anglosphere countries, especially for girls

Also, I would not expect male and female rates to be the same if it were to do with phones. The two sexes have very different experiences online, just as they do in real life.

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