The male suicides: Social perfectionism is killing men — and things are getting worse

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71. But how does it manifest itself in so many other areas?

Higher rates of pay, etc.

How interesting to seek out the one thing where men have it worse. And women make more attempts, so they are just as depressed, or at a higher rate. They are just too weak to succeed as much. Or incompetent, I guess you could look at it that way. I could see it catching it as women gain in equality - depressing but another sign of increasing equality. Or, men could give up the expectations and refuse to think of themselves as weak or failures on the terms they now do - seek help, etc.

Like my father likes to say, when seeing statistics that women's chances of heart attacks and other stress related illnesses went up, see you paid a price for that equality. Of course with old fashioned sexists like him, women would be better off at home not risking these things.