Pretty much. Look at the data. 5:1, 19:1, and so on. Hardly near ideal. I don't want my boys growing up in a culture like that.
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Replying to @YS @HPluckrose
I will affirm that those ratios are fairly constant across cultures and that their ultimate cause is biological.
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Violence is a effective reproductive strategy for men, so is risk-taking (much, much more than for women). We evolved to exploit that.
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That also explains the much higher completion rate on suicide attempts. Men's capacity for violence can be turned on themselves.
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Replying to @BristolBen @YS
Also the tendency to be solutions orientated rather than exploratory. This helps them overcome depression better but increases suicide.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @YS
Interesting! I'm not familiar with that idea.
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Replying to @BristolBen @YS
I have to admit this is my own observation when working in psychiatric hospitals & looking at gendered stats & large numbers of patients.
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Then later reading some stuff around this but not exactly this. Men tend to try to solve their mental health problems on their own.
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Often it works when the problem is mild & the solution is ignoring it & carrying on even more vigorously rather than alcohol or drugs.
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Best thing for early depression/anxiety. Or if doesn't work, they put up with it & don't seek help until awful then seek permanent solution
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Women more likely to address problem & talk about it but sometimes this leads to wallowing in the feelings & getting overwhelmed by them.
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