Gynocentric media at its best

Mitthrawnuruodo1337 · 2017-07-10T21:51:04+00:00

This is so typical. In every broad category of unnatural death, men are killed at higher rates, so the media always bends over backwards to find a way to highlight female deaths. And then the public perpetuates the idea that women are victims of violence to the point where all the political capital us spent in that arena. Sorry, but this resource-seeking via narrative is precisely why feminism and men's rights will never be compatible on a mass scale.

Mr_MRAnarchist · 2017-07-10T18:43:04+00:00

The feminists should be happy that women are closing that suicide gap... horray for equality.

AloysiusC · 2017-07-10T21:21:50+00:00

TIL: sexism is when women aren't doing at least an order of magnitude better than men.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2017-07-10T20:58:07+00:00

Women move fractionally closer to having it as shitty as men. Clearly this is a war on women.

2017-07-11T01:38:33+00:00

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HiredMind · 2017-07-10T20:22:05+00:00

If sexism is to blame for suicide, then women are much more sexist than men.

Pz5 · 2017-07-10T20:52:42+00:00

Media shows its ingrained sexist culture yet again.

2017-07-10T21:20:54+00:00

Something something patriarchy

TheInevitableHulk · 2017-07-11T02:04:40+00:00

"Just get over it pussy"

"Man up"

"Quit being a little bitch"

Something tells me that suicidal females don't get brushed off like that

And it was the same with aboriginal female murders going up despite the males having multiple times higher rates

DoctorRedPillz · 2017-07-11T02:24:38+00:00

Men die at higher rates then women, we engage in risky behavior, have higher rates of drug use and don't talk openly about our feelings due to pressure from other men. The top comment really hit this article on the head with a baseball bat. People were less sympathetic when I tried to take my own life. My attempt was due to drug use, untreated depression and lack of friends. Women get way more sympathy and attention when acting on a suicide attempt. This made my skin crawl.

Elfere · 2017-07-11T04:20:03+00:00

Of course a feminist would complain when they finally get equality that doesn't benifit them.

Silvystreak · 2017-07-11T02:41:23+00:00

Maybe it's because life fucking sucks and people are sick of being told how wonderful it is.

atero · 2017-07-11T03:38:33+00:00

Please, tell me more about how men cannot face sexism because it has to be institutionalized.

anonaconn · 2017-07-11T08:45:05+00:00

No, it's because equality is causing women to lead the lives men lead, which are more stressful and pressured.

You wait, in five years there will be some huge charity specifically for women committing suicide that will garner more attention and donations than any men's charity.

Volcanic-Penguin · 2017-07-11T07:20:08+00:00

Reaching equality in suicide rates = sexism against women

DatGrass14 · 2017-07-11T00:53:18+00:00

914 likes gives me hope

ARedthorn · 2017-07-11T05:39:49+00:00

To be clear...Canada had: 161 male teen suicides in 2003, which has dropped to 101 in 2013. 55 female teen suicides in 2003, which has risen to 66 in 2013.

Those numbers boggle my mind 3 different ways. 1- I wouldn't be surprised if NY has more teen suicides by itself. 2- overall, suicide has gone down for all teens, by about 1/3 in a decade. (1&2: what is Canada doing right, jeez?!?) 3- the sample sizes are so small a change of 20 would be hard to find statistically significant... much less 11. (BBC, I'm disappointed in you.)

Oh, and meanwhile, total suicide rates are essentially unchanged (same time frame: male from 2,700 to 3,000 // female from 800 to 1,000)

Sleepless_Devil · 2017-07-11T11:50:40+00:00

Anything bad that ever happens to any female ever, is clearly a case of sexism and misogyny. Down with all men

/s

TigPlaze · 2017-07-11T15:59:17+00:00

Men killing themselves ... ho hum.
Women killing themselves .... oh, no!!!

2017-07-11T10:14:47+00:00

Kinda typical from BBC. Their reporting on the issues of the day tends to be very good and relatively unbiased, but most of their fluff pieces are about distinctly feminine struggles and there's always an undertone that seems to be asking if men are to blame.

double-happiness · 2017-07-11T10:31:45+00:00

This is the best article on male suicide I've read so far, worth checking out: https://mosaicscience.com/story/male-suicide

Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs · 2017-07-11T07:44:12+00:00

Technically, women are more likely to try and commit suicide, they just fail way more often because of reasons.

TheDrunkenMagi · 2017-07-11T12:19:07+00:00

Sexism is to blame. Sexism against men.

As more women pursue lives as success objects like men they will feel the pressures and failures we've been dealing with for centuries. And then kill themselves.

sennhauser · 2017-07-11T14:19:03+00:00

Of course the fucking BBC.

biscuitgravy · 2017-07-11T16:13:31+00:00

You call THAT a suicide? Here, hold my purse.

2017-07-12T11:52:26+00:00

They're oblivious.

BroaxXx · 2017-07-12T15:03:37+00:00

This for me encapsulates pretty perfectly why feminism is dead and totally unsuited to take care of current social problems... Feminism had its place and was able to conquer very important victories for women and gender equality but, right now, we need to end the current joke that feminism has turned into and fight for equality for all regardless of gender, sexual orientation, color, religion, etc.

I can only hope that, one day, society as a whole understands and accepts this and all different groups (MRM, feminism, etc) can merge together and fight for what we really really need... Equality.

-redditardation- · 2017-07-13T13:54:06+00:00

If you want to understand why this happens you needn't look further than the OKcupid analysis of what people find attractive.

Men found women attractive on roughly and equal distribution while women found 80% of men unattractive.

The reality is biology has programmed women to only seek the most desirable men and those don't tend to kill themselves (although rock stars are an exception in many ways but also have many other downsides.).

albinodruid · 2017-07-11T06:15:37+00:00

No matter who we are or what our circumstances in life are, no matter any injustice done to us in any point of life, we shouldn't be advocating for or making light of suicide. It is sexist for a journalist to (seemingly, I haven't gone and read it) flippantly treat the suicide of men as a passing statistic and only take notice of or express concern for the deaths of females, sure. We all get that. But we are monsters if we look at this and only see injustice for men, and (in our own turn) dismiss the tragedy of the suicides of those women.

WilliamGrand · 2017-07-11T01:24:29+00:00

Ya but its not sexism killing men, its toxic masculinity.

Edit: Sarcasm... Jesus....

--Edog-- · 2017-07-11T02:05:33+00:00

Maybe social media is to blame? Maybe do some scientific research?

GlobTwo · 2017-07-11T10:26:27+00:00

Women attempt suicide significantly more often than men. They're just not as successful because men use much more effective methods.

Those are some pretty big generalisations but I feel like they make this cringeworthy post a little less valid.

g_squidman · 2017-07-11T02:12:57+00:00

Everyone knows women attempt more suicide than men, just men actually die from it more. I just can't justify this statistic as a responsible argument for why men have it worse. We have plenty of issues, but suicide is everyone's issue.

Christophilies · 2017-07-11T08:59:01+00:00

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Gynocentric media at its best

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Dead boys don't get to try multiple times, suicide didn't end their suffering it ended their lives.

Suicide is the #7 leading cause of death for boys, that's not equal.

The reason male suicide attempts aren't higher is because dead people don't get multiple tries.

I suppose you think people who get the flu and people who die from it are equally worth crying over?

Suicide is the #7 leading cause of death among males, what position is it for women? Answer: It's not a leading cause of death among women, get your head out off your ass.

Yet you believe that male suicide isn't more serious, despite the fact that is FOUR TIMES AS DEADLY.

Title	Gynocentric media at its best
Author	jaib9
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Date	July 10, 2017 6:28 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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