What are the solutions to male suicide?

not_just_amwac · 2018-06-02T23:04:11+00:00

The first step to solving any problem is to understand the root cause(s).

mgm-survivor · 2018-06-03T01:48:31+00:00

Step 1. Stop cutting up their genitals. Step 2. Stop enslaving them to child support.

Hwga_lurker_tw · 2018-06-03T04:04:31+00:00

Promote mental health, strong circle of friends, support circles, healthy diet & living, beer, drinking buddies, legalized weed, legalized prostitution, remembering that those feelings are only temporary, a paradigm shift in how we treat ourselves and handle stress, and a return of constructive rights of passage.

wateroclock · 2018-06-02T23:19:59+00:00

I think good family values of the past can do that. A big supportive family can not only provide the most needed community of a person's life, but solve many problems of people regardless of gender. Men didn't kill themselves as much 100 or 200 years ago for a good reason, even if the life was harsher. But I guess that's not possible under current political system that cares only about creating good workers who never have any business at home, can stay late at the office and say nothing against it, and then go home and order some shit online being a good consumer, and never actually protest against all the factors that keep the wages from growing as they should. Yeah, big families are in a way of profits.

Silver_The_Bard · 2018-06-03T05:41:35+00:00

You're asking a simplified general question that has a massively complex answer.

If you want the answer it's this: Raise the morale and standards of living, of males, and they will stop killing themselves as often.

That answer is nowhere near as simple as it sounds.

If you want more concrete information you'll have to ask a more defined question.

Galaxy_Wizard_Lord · 2018-06-02T23:49:47+00:00

Technically murder is a solution... the final solution.

8880886 · 2018-06-03T01:34:54+00:00

Tackling poverty and poor education is a good start.

meeselbon573 · 2018-06-03T11:57:13+00:00

Helping them get a sense of support and belonging—which is what the manosphere is trying to do.

duff_moss · 2018-06-04T14:55:53+00:00

Most men I know (at least in my age group) have this opinion that when thinking about life or death, they’re not overly fond of either..They’re not depressed but they keep living because of their responsibilities...and as such it wouldn’t really take much to tip the balance into ending it.

So there’s one reason and probably no solution. Guess there’s 1000 more and some will have solutions - but needs funding to get into it properly. Don’t see that happening for a couple of decades or more. There’s no quick fix to this in my opinion.

BramblEdge · 2018-06-05T00:36:18+00:00

I think there are as many solutions as there are reasons. Many men take their lives after losing access to their children after separating from the mother for instance. A solution there would be default joint custody and a fairer court system.

However, the underlying cause for most of the reasons is misandry and a general lack of support and assistance for men.

The common solution that is popular in mainstream discussions on male suicide is to blame men for it: "Men are too macho to ask for help", "men need to cry more", "men should reach out to others about their problems". I find this argument completely unhelpful for several reasons.

Men are brought up with a sense of not being a burden to anyone but instead being s beast of burden, to pull their own weight and some extra weight. To be useful, to take responsibility for themselves and others. Without these traits, society would crumble. Unless women change to take on the responsibilities men have been tasked with to uphold civilisation, men cannot change to take care of themselves or consider themselves and their own needs and wants first and foremost.

When men complain, they are ridiculed or they are dismissed as not important... If they're lucky. If they complain about discrimination or disadvantages they are maligned or condemned as sexist, abusive or selfish. Why should men speak out when no one listens?

Lastly, this argument fails to take into account that men often commit suicide as a result of things that affect mostly or almost exclusively men, such as my example of fathers losing access to their children. Maybe talking about it doesn't help...

sanskami · 2018-06-02T23:00:46+00:00

Postnatal termination is one solution

feministinlaw · 2018-06-02T22:59:50+00:00

Talk to your friends, stay in touch with them, encourage them to open up about what they’re feeling, remind the men around you and teach the younger ones that they don’t have to fit inside a tiny square to be masculine.

Title	What are the solutions to male suicide?
Author	spectregrey
Upvotes	18
Comments	18
Date	June 2, 2018 10:35 PM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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