Poll of the Day > The silent crisis of male suicide.

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Men account for over 75 percent of suicides, and the rate of male suicide has risen in recent decades.

The statistics suggest that existing approaches to male suicide are deficient.

New, male-friendly suicide prevention measures must be adopted to help halt the crisis.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/talking-about-men/202109/the-silent-crisis-male-suicide

This is horrible.

Well this is refreshing. I expected you spout a bunch of incel talking points, and was gonna block and report you and move on.

Yeah, Male suicide is indeed a massive problem, and I indeed wish more was done about it. Thank you for making a topic about without using it as an excuse to preach bigotry.

I'm curious about attempts of suicide for men vs women.
Is that a similar amount, or is it still weighted?

And yet, much like homelessness, most of the available resources are for women victims, shocking nobody.

My understanding is that the attempt rate is fairly similar, but men are more likely to succeed, often because they just shoot themselves instead of trying something less messy. I don't know exactly how they compare, though, and it wouldn't surprise me if there is still a significant difference in attempt rate.

My understanding is that the attempt rate is fairly similar, but men are more likely to succeed, often because they just shoot themselves instead of trying something less messy. I don't know exactly how they compare, though, and it wouldn't surprise me if there is still a significant difference in attempt rate.

Most suicide resources aren't really gendered. The issue is more that there's a stigma around men accessing mental health resources in general, because toxic masculinity's a bitch.

1. Too narrowly focus on the singular concept of masculinity, lacking any peripheral vision to examine important aspects of adverse social context experienced by many men.

My understanding is that the attempt rate is fairly similar, but men are more likely to succeed, often because they just shoot themselves instead of trying something less messy. I don't know exactly how they compare, though, and it wouldn't surprise me if there is still a significant difference in attempt rate.

Most suicide resources aren't really gendered.

The issue is more that there's a stigma around men accessing mental health resources in general, because toxic masculinity's a bitch.

And then theres Switzerland with their new legal suicide pods

The issue is more that there's a stigma around men accessing mental health resources in general, because toxic masculinity's a bitch.

My understanding is that the attempt rate is fairly similar, but men are more likely to succeed, often because they just shoot themselves instead of trying something less messy. I don't know exactly how they compare, though, and it wouldn't surprise me if there is still a significant difference in attempt rate.

And then theres Switzerland with their new legal suicide pods

Which is a lazy excuse to handwave issues while simultaneously blaming the victims.

This makes no sense whatsoever.

And then theres Switzerland with their new legal suicide pods

And yet, much like homelessness, most of the available resources are for women victims, shocking nobody.

I'm curious about attempts of suicide for men vs women.
Is that a similar amount, or is it still weighted?

This makes no sense whatsoever.

Why do you have such difficulty understanding that toxic masculinity is something that all of society is responsible for, not something that men alone do? Men can be victims of toxic masculinity just as much as everyone else can, as is completely the case here. Blaming toxic masculinity for something does not men blaming men, it means blaming the ways men are expected to act.

Masculinity=The ideals and attitudes defining how men are expected to behave
Toxic masculinity= Ideals for men's behaviour that are harmful or otherwise toxic

It's very simple. This is how every single adjective in the English language works. Calm down, you're not being persecuted.

In this particular case, the toxic aspect of masculinity that's relevant is the attitude that men shouldn't have emotions that they can't control or talk about their feelings. Those that do are seen as weak or otherwise inferior, so there's considerable hesitation from men to access mental health resources because they feel that they need to "tough it out" or "man up" to meet society's expectations.

Suicide rates have increased from 2006-2017, is toxic masculinity higher now?

What part doesn't make sense

i think its fair that there is plenty of feminine toxicity rampant in society as well. People of all types can be just fucking awful to each other.

if people are offended by the term 'toxic masculinity', I think we know who is winning the 'culture war'.

There's no such thing for one. If you do believe it exists then toxic masculinity is the way men actually act, not stigma behind the idea of it.

There's no such thing for one. If you do believe it exists then toxic masculinity is the way men actually act, not stigma behind the idea of it.

Masculinity=The ideals and attitudes defining how men are expected to behave
Toxic masculinity= Ideals for men's behaviour that are harmful or otherwise toxic

It's very simple. This is how every single adjective in the English language works.

I believe that there are attributes reinforced in males that are toxic. Obviously not all males are toxic, and obviously females can be toxic too. These 'negative' traits have unfortunately been gendered as masculine, but I believe it still worth addressing.

i think its fair that there is plenty of feminine toxicity rampant in society as well. People of all types can be just fucking awful to each other.

Maybe we should start calling it Toxic Humanity, and ignored the gender issue entirely.

Though I am pretty sure modern right wing will still feel personally attacked by the term.

No such thing as toxic masculinity?

lol

It doesn't exist.

It doesn't exist.