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Re:Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young w... by hombre_fatal on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:34AM (#25278058)
Well, they do point out an interesting trend.

For example, "Femicide" is a hot topic right now in Mexico. "10 women are murdered every day", you'll frequently see mentioned in infographics shared on Mexican Facebook over the past year. There are marches and protests against femicide.

Not to say that public attention should never focus on the ordeals of any specific group that doesn't hold the #1 prize in victimhood.

But the thing is that you will read all these headlines and start to wonder what Mexico has against its women, and that life here must be especially tough for women when it comes to staying alive. When Mexico comes up in conversation, you might start mentioning things like "oof, really hard to be woman there right now!"

Eventually, you might not realize that men are the victims of 90% of all homicides in Mexico.

Re:Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young w... by at_a_remove on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:50AM (#25278256)
I recall someone blurting out in horror on a forum that, gosh, a fourth of homeless people are women. How horrible. (I would later see this as an "aghast!" infographic in a newspaper)

It's a bit like the UN's tweet in "support" of International Men's Day. Read it. It's bitterly amusing.

Re:Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young w... by MattGaiser on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:57AM (#25278369)
The UN tweet for anyone interested:

https://twitter.com/UN/status/1329441047940898817

Re:Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young w... by tremon on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @01:43PM (#25279781)
Eventually, you might not realize that men are the victims of 90% of all homicides in Mexico.

Given the new definition of femicide, shouldn't the figure be that 100% of homicide victims are men?

Re:Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young w... by Yetanfou on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:53AM (#25278306)
What you are asking for is not equality - equal chances for men and women to become suicidal - but equity, equal numbers of suicidal men and women.
Re:Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young w... by crowbahr on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:59AM (#25278396)
Please keep snarky agendas off of hacker news.

Your comment adds nothing and misconstrues arguments for equal outcomes.

Re:Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young w... by klipt on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:12PM (#25278571)
I read it more as a comment that we pay a lot of attention to areas where women are doing worse but not much to areas where men are doing worse.

This probably reflects a general societal bias where "missing woman" is seen as inherently more tragic than "missing man".

Re:Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young w... by disown on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:02PM (#25283965)
> Please keep snarky agendas off of hacker news.

So only agendas you support are allowed here? Who made you dictator?

> Your comment adds nothing and misconstrues arguments for equal outcomes.

The same goes for your comment. Instead of attacking someone why not add something constructive?