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| Subject: OZschwitz Men Are Killing Themselves To Be 'Real Men' Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:04 pm | |
| Suicide has the highest gender disparity of any cause of death in Australia.
In Australia, we're at a crisis point with suicide.
The stigma of mental illness not only works to keep people suffering in silence but can blind us to its symptoms. Indeed, eight Australians now take their own lives every day.
You do not need to be diagnosed with a mental illness to come face-to-face with suicidal thoughts. A relationship breakdown, losing a job or any significant moment could suddenly have you on the edge.
And while no particular part of our society is left untouched, no one person exempt from the mental and physical aches that life can bring, men are three times more likely to take their lives than women.
One of the central drivers is in the way we define what it means to be a man in Australia, explains Dr Michael Flood, sociologist on men and masculinities.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/04/26/men-are-killing-themselves-to-be-real-men_a_22037811/?utm_hp_ref=au-homepage |
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