Even when using the same suicide methods men are more successful (because of fearlessness of death, pain tolerance, emotional stoicism and sensation seeking). So, it wasn't about the more violent nature of men, even when killing themselves, after all.

splodgenessabounds · 2017-09-25T13:42:20+00:00

research has found women are more likely to suffer from depression,

If anyone reading this can point me to peer-reviewed, valid research that supports this, please feel free - I'm all for being educated. In the meantime, I call bollocks. If we are to believe the trope that says men are incapable of expressing their emotions (likewise, bollocks) then it is entirely predictable that men suffer depressive states more, and thus top themselves more.

Prof. Deshpande said: “this may support the fact that suicidal desire generally leads to decisive fatal action in males while in females, it manifests as depression, ideation and generally non-fatal actions.”

Yeah, because men don't emote, therefore they don't get depressed - we just wake up one day and top ourselves, and no-one is any the wiser.

Move along gents, nothing to learn here.

EricAllonde · 2017-09-25T10:17:48+00:00

Maybe someone who's not yet banned from AskFeminists would like to go provide this link to them, since they are considering this question at the moment:

https://np.reddit.com/r/AskFeminists/comments/727g3l/men_commit_suicide_much_more_than_women_feminists/

BetterBadIdeas · 2017-09-25T16:49:00+00:00

It's disturbing that we have to defend the idea that men who die of suicide are victims and not villains.

Rethgil · 2017-09-25T21:47:33+00:00

Seriously?! This misses the simple most important real point.

Men KILL themselves, because the stress they face in life is too great, and they don't want to live.

Women ACT OUT suicide scenarios except the part about killing yourself. They instead do "a cry for help". Because they have less stress and don't ACTUALLY mean or want to die.

Its what has been the established truth for decades now.

Typically, its only been questioned now by feminists thanks to their rise in power. Doesn't change the simple facts though.

agent_of_entropy · 2017-09-25T10:49:02+00:00

That's because when men commit suicide they want to kill themselves. When womyn attempt to commit suicide it's nothing more than attention seeking behavior (which they excel at).

rocelot7 · 2017-09-26T06:32:47+00:00

Do women really attempt suicide more than men. Logic would dictate that since men are killing themselves at a higher rate than women than men would be the majority of attempts. Now this could just be feminists woozling another false claim ad nauseam. But hospital do report more female suicide attempts than men (I do have some stats for Canada, UK, and South Korea. But I'm just to lazy to go fetching for them, sue me.) So that leaves a gap in the data either men are just very good at suicide and are of complete and sure resolve if they do decide to go through with it. My theory is that when a man does attempt suicide they're failure leave little evidence of an attempt. Lee and excuse a bruise on your temple from slipping in the shower and not from pushing a barrel against their head. Or car came out of nowhere instead of jumped in front of. If these men are unwilling to report these attempts, than these numbers will remain unknown. And though the support systems in place may be severely lacking in their care for men, these inconsistencies can't be leveled solely at these mostly volunteer driven organizations. Here's the rub, if a man lives through events I mentioned above and others unmentioned and find themselves in a life where they find content and happiness, and for whatever reason get asked if they ever attempted suicide why would they say yes. To get hounded by an SO, well meaning boss/coworker, or doctor; are you alright? Are you okay? They hated getting asked these questions when they weren't okay, why when ever thing is going well would they willing put themselves through this frustrating headache? They may possible believe at least part of the lies they told.

Dank_Meems · 2017-09-25T16:35:42+00:00

Why do we still do studies on this? Men kill themselves because their lives suck and they want to end it as soon as possible. Women attempt to kill themselves because they just want attention. It's pretty simple....................

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