South Korean politician links rising male suicides to women

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cml2kvd2dvno

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jeena@piefed.jeena.net · 59 pts · 2y (1 reply)

"If women would just have stayed in the Kitchen, we would not need to kill ourselves!"

The victim mentality in Korean men is astounding.

coffinwood@discuss.tchncs.de · 31 pts · 2y

So that's where Andrew Tate went to after his release.

feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Every male suicide I've been unfortunate enough to experience (no, not directly - I'm still alive) has been to do with women. That's almost certainly the main reason men kill themselves. Not to blame women, it's just something men care about a lot. So it's really not a controversial statement.

chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 38 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Fair but it sounds like this guy is not nearly so reasonable as that as he is blaming

women’s increased participation in the workforce

feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I see. In that case, I don't believe it's causal, but another symptom of the same illness.

GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y

The politician also states that it is due to becoming a female dominant society. Your statement still stands that inter gender relations are a factor in male suicides, but man, it's crazy that they've just taken a few steps towards gender equality and are already crying for help.

“When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

Delusional@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Yeah it isn't necessarily the women's fault. It's just that the human mind is complicated and men are dumb.

heavy@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I wish it were more surprising how much of the world still treats women like second class citizens at best.

BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 2y

I wish Duke Leto II would hurry up and establish the Fish Speakers ASAP.

TheClockStruck13@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Article about an epidemic of suicides with men… conclusion is women are victims and oppressed and that’s the reason why?

Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
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x4740N@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y

Oh yes it's totally the women and not a issue with systemic ignorance of men's mental health issues and support for men in general or if they are abused / assaulted where they're told they should just suck it up and take it and feel lucky for being SA'd

Fuck a system that thinks it is equal when it also systemically ignores the issues a certain group faces

No one is equal until we are all equal and intolerance is dealt with

Fontasia@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

From the country which also allows companies to adopt children so they can remain "family run"

clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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tiredofsametab@kbin.run · 9 pts · 2y

Definitely here in Japan. Not sure if also in Korea or elsewhere in east Asia, though.

x4740N@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

Expand on what you mean because I'm completely out of the loop here

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y

That is some astounding incel-ass logic from those politicians. But I repeat myself.

amanda@aggregatet.org · 2 pts · 2y

Summary: “Politician makes completely unsubstantiated but spectacular claim that negative trend is due to his pet peeve social issue”.

over_clox@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Excuse the fuck out of me..?

Male suicides towards women?

Did anyone even bother reading the definition of the word? 🤔

MrSoup@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That's "linking to" not "suiciding to".
So it's "politician links (rising male suicides) to (women)".

over_clox@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That unfortunate event only links to one's self, so I ain't buying that shit for even a moment.

MrSoup@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

Yeah, I was talking about the wording, not if the link actually makes sense even because the reason described here is absurd:

increasingly “dominant” role of women in society.