[asa] Society Ignoring Serious Boy Problems

From: Dave Wallace <wmdavid.wallace@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Jul 02 2009 - 17:34:26 EDT

Boys' suicide crisis?

Another serious problem is suicide rates, Kleinfeld points out.

In her review, she cites data from the National Center for Health Statistics to show the "alarming" suicide rate among boys. From 1995 to 2005, the rate of suicide among 20 to 24 year-old boys was 20.7 suicides per 100,000, while the rate for girls was just 3.5 per 100,000. Among 15 to 19 year olds, the rates were 12.5 per 100,000 for boys and 2.8 per 100,000 for girls.

And the difference between the gender suicide rates is rising. "In 1933 the young male suicide rate was 1.54 times higher than for young females. In 2005 the male rate was 4.63 times higher than the female rate," Kleinfeld said.

http://www.livescience.com/culture/090701-boys-issues.html

:-) I assume this study must be using a completely bogus methodology as most feminists north of the 49th parallel would totally disagree. :-P

Dave W

ps my comments were black humour
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