Here’s an important new article about the “empathy gap” ---
, “Male
suicide: a question of value,” A Voice for Men, Nov. 13, 2017
“Published
under a pseudonym, it was written by a mainstream journalist who encountered
significant push back and refusals when he tried to have it published in more
mainstream channels. Thus he turned to A Voice for Men, where the facts matter more
than the narrative.”
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EXCERPT: Males in the U.S. die by suicide so much more than
females that the rate is an astounding 3.5 to 1, or 78 percent of all suicides.
That equates to once every 15 minutes. …
Yet the professional response to this is one of neutrality.
The website for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has
comparative graphs of suicide by state, age, and even race, yet none for
gender. There is no mention of gender beyond the 3.5 statistic, and no section
discussing male suicide. Even in its opening video on the front page there are
no men, save a few in the background of a crowd. There is similar sparse
acknowledgement from the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) and the
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC). The SPRC has an underdeveloped
section about men in their “populations” tab. … [continued]
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ALSO: This articulate and crucial 28 minute talk on the overlooked facts of male suicide.
“The Truth about Male Suicide part one,” Men Are Good! (Tom
Golden), YouTube, Jun. 26, 2017, 14:25
“The Truth about Male Suicide part two,” Men Are Good! (Tom
Golden), YouTube, Jun. 26, 2017, 13:23
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