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Anthony asked in HealthMental Health · 1 decade ago

Why is it that more men die from suicide, even though women attempt it more?

This is something I am really wondering and concerned about. I read that men are 4 times more likely to die from a suicide than women. But women attempt it more. These are written statistics. This is very hard to believe. George Carlin talks about this in one of his specials. What do you think about this?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/11/98111...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I believe I read it in the Times (or another respected paper) that women usually try methods such as sleeping pills, drugs or suffocation because they plan their death, seeing themselves lay angelically in the coffin/look beautiful and have the people in their life to look at them with feelings of *regret* and extreme sorrow over the fact they passed on. They want to take others with them in a sense, to leave an impact with their death, in addition to their life... the way they die is relevant to how they lived.

    Men are sooner to try a bullet to the face because they simply want an "end". Women will imagine the series of events that happen after they die, and see their death as part of the "story" that goes on.

  • 5 years ago

    men are plenty greater possibly to dedicate suicide than female for numerous reasons. a million) Raised by using a single mom plenty greater possibly to be gay who've a intense suicide expenses. 2) cutting-side society is misandric. mothers, instructors, television, movies all telling boys that men are undesirable. mixed with different issues this might push many men over the side. 3) men are plenty greater possibly to get in contact with drugs and alcohol foremost to a downward spiral. 4) ninety% of intercourse abuse victims are boys. This abuse is finished by using women while the boy below 8 years previous and gentle abuse yet psychologically very adverse. those abuses are under no circumstances pronounced and rather much under no circumstances noted by using the victims.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Men do it in a way that will get the job done. A bullet in the temple almost guarantees success. Women typically don't like guns and will try cutting the wrist or eating pills which are usually unsuccessful.

  • I remember hearing that. I think women just don't have the balls (pun intended) and want the attention, more than the need to actually die (except for those really serious girls, who I have the respect for). Once a man has given up (it takes a lot), then what's done is done.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Because men MEAN it. If they are going to kill themselves they usually do it in a way there will be no mistakes.

    Women use 'suicide' mostly as a attempt at attention to get the help they need.

  • 1 decade ago

    I feel that men have a lot of pride and they use drastic measures to resolve them. Women on the other hand are munipulators..They look for sympathy and only do what they can to get attention. A person only survives because they want to or because God wants them to live for a reason and he sends someone to save them..

    Source(s): personal opinion
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    men don't play games,most of the times when women attempt suicide they are just trying to get attention.

  • 1 decade ago

    men go for more violent no second chances type of attempts. Guns hanging car wrecks, women are more likely for pills and slit wrists

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    because men just do it and do it hard...when us women usually do it but an easier way which usually dont kill them.... which comes to my second point u rarely hear men tlk bout it.... yet women tlk bout it all the time... but the people who tlk bout it arent serious they are just looking for attention believe me ive done it when i was lil cuz i wanted attention.... people who mean it wont tlk bout it they just do it

  • because a lot of females thrive off of attention. and idk about you boys. I guess your more laid back but when there is a problem then its a huge deal and not made up a lot of the time.

    Source(s): seen a lot of different people with a lot of different problems
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