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Trig Jun 22, 2020 at 01:19 PM
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I was trying to research some facts about female suicide.
Googled that term and all I got was articles about male suicide.
I searched the same term on youtube, again all about male suicide, all but one.

It was a news report from America about the rise in female suicide, but the comments for the video were extremely toxic, written mostly by bitter men angry that such a video existed.

I'm not denying that men need help, but it makes me angry that I can search for specifically "female" and only get research about men.

Similar to when I tried researching female anger issues, mostly about men.
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I get angry when we get overlooked.

just recently a friend of mine was telling me about a medieval game she was playing and all the characters in the game who give the quests are male, and all the dialogue used in the game is meant to address males (wishing them good luck etc)

my first question was: you mean to tell me in medieval times their were no women at all?. give over and I had a real rant about it.

I hear you though. ugg. we need more recognition in general!
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something else that annoys me is people who think women can't play sport (football and things)

okay: personally I'm not a sports fan, but still it's so good to see so many women leagues spring up.
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Default Jun 22, 2020 at 08:03 PM
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I remember learning in psych classes that more men threaten suicide, but more women complete it. And the lowest suicide rate in the U.S. is young, black, single mothers.

Hmm. Well, it seems to me that when it comes to mental health the focus is more on women.

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Default Jun 23, 2020 at 03:23 AM
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If this is an online game or gaming it is well know that gamers can sometimes have their own sterotypes when it comes to who plays and who succeeds. There have been numerous articles about the rampant abuse, trolling and threats used by male gamers against other women and girls in the gaming world. Very often they will be victims of horrible trolling and violent threats of assault and threats of sexual violence.

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I get angry when we get overlooked.

just recently a friend of mine was telling me about a medieval game she was playing and all the characters in the game who give the quests are male, and all the dialogue used in the game is meant to address males (wishing them good luck etc)

my first question was: you mean to tell me in medieval times their were no women at all?. give over and I had a real rant about it.

I hear you though. ugg. we need more recognition in general!

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Default Jun 23, 2020 at 08:04 AM
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I think that females are more likely to seek help for MI and mental health issues, and they make up the majority in therapy. Maybe it is Google and Youtube that overlook women's mental health issues. Sorry you could not find anything. Edit: you were saying research, not just articles...I correct myself.

It does seem to me that society makes anger a "man's issue." Or, just something inherently male that women should not experience. This is wrong. Society also makes anger for men okay, and anger for women not okay. Wrong.

I did just Google, myself, "female anger issues" and came up with a lot of articles on that subject. But yeah research, not sure if that's in any if the articles.
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Women's health is way under-researched and over-looked. For a long time research used only male subjects! Good grief!

However I have found (years ago, reading lots of feminist literature) good books on women's emotions, especially what's socially unacceptable and what happens when women have to stuff everything inside, eg Harriet Lerner. It is harder to get articles because the research journals charge you for many of them. I get an email daily from Science News that has abstracts of recent articles in all areas of medical and psychological research.

Mental health research has shown in the past that women attempt suicide more but men succeed more because they use more lethal means. But in recent years, women's attempts and successes are increasing. What a world we live in when this is a notable statistic!

We need to support each other as women. There is so much love and hope when women "mother each other."
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Default Aug 18, 2020 at 02:59 PM
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Even in the 21st century, many women's issues are overlooked. Perhaps it's our apparent competence that hides the truth. It's expected we multi-task without complaint. Like men, we can also feel isolated. Depending on our personalities, we can either speak out or keep quiet hoping the problem will go away. Hope this makes sense!

A couple of weeks ago I was doing research for an article. I contribute to an aircraft spotters website. Unusual for a female, but subjects are well received. During this research, I recalled a crash 45 years ago which killed members of various women's groups. Lots were also mothers. My second cousin's wife pulled out of the trip, reason unknown. As a result of survivor guilt and lack of counselling services then, she sadly took her life around 20 years later.

Now more than ever we need women's mental health to be formally recognised, as many are now the breadwinner of the family. Unfortunately, we will still encounter the male dinosaurs who think we should put up and shut up. That could be another reason why women's mental health doesn't get the coverage it deserves.
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Default Aug 19, 2020 at 11:19 AM
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Getting past that idea of “hysterical woman” is an everyday thing for most women. I’ve had doctors ignore my issues because I was a woman AND had bipolar.

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