On a personal level, every instance of suicide I know of was committed by a man. Suicide is primarily a male problem; women who commit suicide are trying to imitate men at men's worst.
According to suicide.org, out of a total of 32,637 suicides in 2005, men committed 25,907 of those suicides. That figure represented 79% of suicides for that year. By comparison, women committed 6,730 suicides or about 21% of suicides in 2005.
When it comes to suicide by ethnicity, white men are more notorious for killing themselves than men of other ethnic groups. For example, in 2005, white men committed 23,478 of the 25,907 male suicides. For their part, black men committed 1,621 suicides, while other non-white men committed 808 suicides, for a total of 2,429 suicides by non-white men.
Though more women than men attempt suicide, most suicide attempts by women fail, while men succeed in most their attempts. So men are better at killing themselves than women are. But the women continue to catch up. They may be jealous that we hold this record. It seems like our sisters want equal opportunity in the suicide department too. It seems like women, in their liberated effort to be just like men, have followed the examples of men in taking their own lives as men do.
So it comes down to men again, setting a bad example for the women and children in our society. Consider the flip side: if rampant suicides among men have led to more suicides among women, then it may follow that fewer suicides by may lead to fewer suicide attempts by women.
It is shameful for us to be known as the suicidal gender, but we can change that. So men, why don't we set an example for life?
According to suicide.org, out of a total of 32,637 suicides in 2005, men committed 25,907 of those suicides. That figure represented 79% of suicides for that year. By comparison, women committed 6,730 suicides or about 21% of suicides in 2005.
When it comes to suicide by ethnicity, white men are more notorious for killing themselves than men of other ethnic groups. For example, in 2005, white men committed 23,478 of the 25,907 male suicides. For their part, black men committed 1,621 suicides, while other non-white men committed 808 suicides, for a total of 2,429 suicides by non-white men.
Though more women than men attempt suicide, most suicide attempts by women fail, while men succeed in most their attempts. So men are better at killing themselves than women are. But the women continue to catch up. They may be jealous that we hold this record. It seems like our sisters want equal opportunity in the suicide department too. It seems like women, in their liberated effort to be just like men, have followed the examples of men in taking their own lives as men do.
So it comes down to men again, setting a bad example for the women and children in our society. Consider the flip side: if rampant suicides among men have led to more suicides among women, then it may follow that fewer suicides by may lead to fewer suicide attempts by women.
It is shameful for us to be known as the suicidal gender, but we can change that. So men, why don't we set an example for life?
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