re: Men are better than women at suicide

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Very few women shoot themselves, and if they do, it usually isn't in the head. They tend to eat pills (not enough or not the right kinds) or cut their wrists (not very deep). I've heard it said that they care more about their appearance and therefore don't do anything "violent", and I tend to believe that theory

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Exactly my experience. As I type this, I can only think of two females that used a gun and both were to the body and survived.

On the pills part, teen and twentysomething girls seem to have an affinity for tylenol. My overriding thought has always been 'congrats, you managed to kill yourself but it is going to take 30 years'.