alt Hacker NewsI think the fact that in general women are considered to have more mental health issues and men committing suicide way more often shows that this headline is true.
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There's too many men in this world, a surplus. Some percent of men will be the winners (not a large percent) and the rest will be losers who never reproduce and have unhappy lives doing hard work with little reward.
In the past we had large wars, harsh labor, that killed off men, but not today. There's roughly 5% males born than females. India and China have aborted 10s of millions of female babies. In the Western world, massive numbers of men (from low to high skilled) have move there. So here we are, men everywhere, roaming around grocery stores trying to talk to women, 70 to 80% of the population on dating apps are males, bars are filled with men. It's not a good time to be a low status man.
Does it imply also fewer men getting diagnosed? I presume it does.
I remember reading something about mental health in Iceland being much more even between men and women due to less perceived stigma and more equality, leading to men seeking help.
I don't understand this. If you want to compare mental health issue rate, why not compare mental health directly? Instead of a related factor?
It's 26%women/19%men some mental health issue and 7%women/4%men serious mental health issue
Men and women have different mental health crisis spirals.
It's like the difference between killing yourself drunk crashing your car into a pole vs winding up in a wheelchair because you crashed into everything of value on the street before hitting the same pole slower.
Women attempt suicide more often than men do, but men are more likely to use more "effective" means (e.g. gunshot to head).