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Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the... by yummyfajitas on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:49AM (#9367065)
Why do you believe it is wrong?

Is this merely dueling anecdotes (plus vacri's accusation of sexism, as if that were a real argument), or is there actual data?

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Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the... by reitanqild on Monday April 13, 2015 @09:41AM (#9367508) 

  Why do you believe it is wrong?

  Is this merely dueling anecdotes (plus vacri's accusation
  of sexism, as if that were a real argument), or is there 
  actual data?
Because of the word "never"[0]. That means it is trivial to prove the statement to be false as I and others have plenty of examples that falsifies the statement.

[0]: M8 says: "some people claim that women never blame themselves" emphasis mine

Edit: And I didn't downvote any of you, someone who didn't care to say why did.

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Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the... by yummyfajitas on Monday April 13, 2015 @10:48AM (#9367930)
Ah, ok - that seems right. I too can name a single woman who has blamed herself at least once, which defeats his weak man (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man#Contemporary_work).

However I can't easily refute a pretty trivial steelman (http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Steel_man) of his position, namely "women are less likely to blame themselves than men".

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