Why women are less likely than men to commit suicide.

Abstract:

:Major depression forms the background of upwards of half of all suicides. Women are twice as likely as men to experience major depression, yet women are one fourth as likely as men to take their own lives. Current and past explanations of this paradox are built on androcentric assumptions that women are deficient in some way. The reverse may be true where suicide is concerned. Men value independence and decisiveness, and they regard acknowledging a need for help as weakness and avoid it. Women value interdependence, and they consult friends and readily accept help. Women consider decisions in a relationship context, taking many things into consideration, and they feel freer to change their minds. It is argued here that women derive strength and protection from suicide by virtue of specific differences from men. Factors that protect women from suicide are opposite to vulnerability factors in men.

journal_name

Compr Psychiatry

journal_title

Comprehensive psychiatry

authors

Murphy GE

doi

10.1016/s0010-440x(98)90057-8

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-07-01 00:00:00

pages

165-75

issue

4

eissn

0010-440X

issn

1532-8384

pii

S0010-440X(98)90057-8

journal_volume

39

pub_type

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