“While increased suicide risk among Black females also warrants action, rates have typically been higher among males. Depending on the age group, the male-to-female suicide rate ratio has ranged from four-to-one to as high as eight-to-one.” https://www.sprc.org/news/addressing-suicide-among-black-americans …
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Black men are killing themselves at 4-8x the rate that black women are. Why is that? Toxic masculinity and all that it touches. So not only are they killing black women, they’re killing themselves. What would help? Therapy. Support groups. Intimate friendships. Vulnerability.
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So when y’all sit here and dismiss the real world evidence of lacking emotional intelligence along with statistics on male-male friendships and suicide rates of men, you’re doing yourself a disservice.
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It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth please don’t neglect what we’re saying. Help all the people around you by helping yourself.
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