Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?

Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the... by brc on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:19AM (#9366966)

I think they hit their expectations more often.

Lots of women develop goals of having a family, a decent husband and stability in their life. Not all, obviously, but it is a common enough set of goals. Lots of women achieve these goals and gain a state of relative happiness.

Lots of men develop goals of things like sporting prowess, business success and material wealth. These things are much less common to achieve than a decent family life.

I think underlying it all is the fact that men are also generally more capable of violent acts, probably including towards themselves.

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Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the... by pervycreeper on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:10AM (#9367144)

>men are also generally more capable of violent acts

Do you have a citation for that claim?

Also, what distinguishes a "violent" method of killing oneself from a "nonviolent" one?

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Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the... by brc on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:29AM (#9367213)

Seriously? How about every war ever started since the beginning of history? Is that enough citation?

A violent method of killing is shooting, hanging, etc. A non violent one is sleeping pills or gassing.

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Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the... by chadzawistowski on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @02:41PM (#9376378)

Probably an issue of wording here. I would have said "men are generally more likely to use violent methods of suicide", which is in fact the case. Obviously both genders are capable of violence.

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Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the... by cpursley on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:39AM (#9367245)

That's an interesting observation on goals.

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