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Men die more often than women. But women have started using more lethal methods than they used to, and women make more attempts. This combination - increased lethality of method and greater number of attempted suicide is worrying.

Newspapers often report the fact that rates of death by suicide are rising. (It's a bit more complicated than how they report it - there was a decline in rates for many years). Most of the rise is in women. In the UK rates of death for men have dropped a bit, but rates for women have risen a bit, causing the overall number to rise.

Washington Post has written before about the disproportionate number of male deaths by suicide, so they're not ignoring it.

A couple of examples:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-h...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/08...

If you want an anti-feminist article that mentions in passing male suicide: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/06/30/...



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