Re: Emotional Plague
J. Moore (j#d#.moore@canrem.com)
Fri, 28 Apr 95 15:45:00 -0500
Fi> In article <3n69a6$app@galaxy.ucr.edu>, azpod@cs.ucr.edu (james k.
Fi> justin) wrote:
Fi> > : 72% OF ALL SUICIDES ARE COMMITTED BY WHITE MALES
Fi> >
Fi> > : (U.S. Department of Health statistics.)
Fi> Ah, but you forget the fact that more suicide ATTEMPTS are made by
Fi> females than by males (white, black, polka-dotta, or otherwise).
Fi> Would this tendancy for women to unsuccesfully attempt suicide imply a
Fi> great social oppression of the female, or simply imply that men are,
Fi> just as I had always suspected, simply better than women?
Fi> --
Fi> John Fitzgerald
It's generally thought that the reason is that men tend to use more
certain methods, like guns in the mouth, than women, who often use
poison.
Jim Moore (j#d#.moore@canrem.com)
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