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Re:How two British orthodontists became celebrities to incels by mhh__ on Saturday August 22, 2020 @10:32PM (#24249085)
Things are improving, but male suicide rates are high for a reason. Society just isn't calibrated to allow men to be as emotional as women.

Within every Incel is someone who's life has gone down a dark path. I bet a lot of them are doing it just to belong - having no friends hurts a lot more when you're young, schoolchildren can be really horrible to eachother.

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Re:How two British orthodontists became celebrities to incels by tomp on Sunday August 23, 2020 @05:23AM (#24250712)
> Society just isn't calibrated to allow men to be as emotional as women.

Or maybe men don’t have a need to be as emotional as women? After all, you could easily justify committing suicide as a rational solution to “my life is shit and will never get better”.

The fact that women attempt more suicides (plea for help / attention => emotional) whereas men commit more suicides (they’re actually serious in their assessment that living is pointless) also suggests this. Happy to hear opposing arguments / data.

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