That is because men are seen as disposable, throughout the Western World.
~80% of those 40,000 suicides were men. I've a feeling if it were 80% female there would be a lot more attention given to it.
~80% of those 40,000 suicides were men. I've a feeling if it were 80% female there would be a lot more attention given to it.
The entry paragraph gives a quick glimpse of the complexities but here's my attempt at a tl,dr of it:
- there are highly asymmetric rates of attempted and completed suicide between genders
- can vary significantly between different countries
- males die much more often by means of suicide than do females
- reported suicide attempts and thoughts are much more common among females than males
- females have a higher rate of attempted suicide than males earlier in life, which decreases with age
- for males the rate of attempted suicide remains fairly constant when controlled for age
- genders tend to differ in their methods of suicide and responses to suicidal feelings
That reported suicide attempts and thoughts are much more common among females than male seem to have quite obvious reasons. Most men do not report it, and from those who still do it, many gets ignored and is thus not recorded into the statistics.