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Leah Johnson (FGCU) - Male Suicides
As stated in the book Contemporary Social Problems: On an average day 84 people die by suicide and over 1,800 attempt suicide. Males are four more times likely to die by committing suicide then females. Although females are more likely to attempt suicide. White males account for almost three-fourths of all sucides. Suicide rates amoung young men aged fifteen to twenty-four years remain twice as high as the over all average in the United States. Suicide is a cowardly way of getting out of tough situations, fears, or decisions. Anybody can kill them selves and think that they are strong in doing so, but the only strong person is one who confronts their situations, fears, and decisions at hand. I have never thought of committing suicide and do not understand a person’s thoughts or motives behind doing so. I agree that men are more likely to die from committing suicide then women on the idea that men are more stubborn then women and some ahve egos that if they do not go through with it they will be looked at as more of a coward then before. Women tend to think things over a lot more then men and with that while committing suicide a mere thought of friends, family, or employment may set a trigger off in their brains to stop what they are doing.
8. April 2009 at 02:40
People have a number of rights that are inherent to them as human beings. This is a list we all know, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The right to die should be added to this list. Committing suicide is not a weakness; it is a choice that should be open to those who wish to embark upon it. You cannot claim it to be a cowardly action when it is neither a brave nor cowardly action; it is the means to an end.
A number of societies have embraced ritualistic suicide as an honorable way to end one’s life. There is no shame in doing so, a person is not crazy for no longer wishing to live and the societies that embrace this are among the most stable.
Look at it from a purely logical standpoint; suicide reduces the burden on taxpayers as many who would attempt it are in poor financial situations or elderly. It opens up new areas for expansion in the workforce; as if a person is depressed enough to kill themselves their productivity is down, assuming a happy worker is a productive worker. Given these two factors, the only negative is the trauma felt be the family member that finds the body, assuming there is one.