macrocarpa ,

I live in Australia

The homicide rate here is 0.86 deaths per 100k people per year

Of those, approx 66% are male.

The suicide rate is 12.3 deaths per 100k per year.

Of those, 75% are male.

The statistics are similar in most Western countries.

Pause for a second and think about the last time that you heard that mentioned either in casual conversation or in the news media.

It is not spoken about.

Atin ,

One third of family violence victims are male as well. The government's policy is that we don't exist.

AnxiousOtter ,

Doesn't that mean that 2/3rds of domestic violence victims are women...

Technological_Elite ,

I think so, yes, but that's beyond the point. I don't think anyone here is claiming or even implying that "Women don't suffer from issues", cause well, they do. The point they're making is that it's not talked about for men, or at the very least, not nearly as much as it should be.

Yes women do suffer, and that should be treated respectfully and have empathy for, we just think it should be the same for men as well, cause they do suffer from a ton of mental health issues as well.

AnxiousOtter ,

I'm not disputing any of that, it was just a strange statistic to use for illustrating men's mental health. There are better statistics in this post already where men are majority sufferers/victims, instead of a decisive minority.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Rest assured, the visibility of that statistic is very much in the minority. Feel free to look up the funding ratios for domestic violence against women and domestic violence against men. One third of the support won't even come close.

lightnsfw ,

It's not a contest. Those minority of men are still people who need support.

electro1 ,
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You have mountains of work to do if you want societies to realize that men suffer mentally too..

HowManyNimons ,

I hope you realise that now you're fighting the patriarchy. They want us to believe that men have their shit together and women are all runny eye-makeup and hysteria. It's a big fight to pick.

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