Emma Watson is Wrong About Male Suicide

I must assume that my opponent accepts the provided definitions since there were no objections, or counter definitions presented. Objections:I will object to my opponents interpretation of my first burden of proof. The insertion of [for mental illness] should be [suicide]. Not all suicides are a result of mental illness since some actually deal with end of life conditions, and not all mental illness necessarily results in suicide. I have no objection to the second burden of proof. The final burden needs the condition that Ms. Watson is most likely unaware of the facts, and would be man hating only if she was aware. Argument:The suicide rate for men does appear to be high ranging from 3 men to every 1 woman to 10 men to every 1 woman[1]. This statistic is incomplete since this only includes successful suicides. When you include the attempted suicide the rate changes to 1 man to every 3 women. Clearly there is a contradiction on the surface of those statistics, and it is what Ms. Watson, and others latch onto to draw their conclusions about male suicide. If you assume that men, and women are equally capable of suicide then you assume that there must be a large missing value for male suicide attempts. The problem is in assuming that one of the facts is wrong in support of an unsupported assumption. If we look at some more statistics we can see if the assumption of capability is correct. Methods:These are the methods used by victims of successful suicides. MenFirearms: 56.8%Suffocation: 23.4%Poisons: 12.5%Other: 7.3% [2]Women:Firearms: 32.4%Suffocation: 19.7%Poisons: 37.8%Other: 10.0%[2]As you can see the male method for suicide tends to be by firearms, and suffocation which happen to be about 85%, and 69% effective[3] where women tend to use poisoning which is about 1.5 to 4% effective[4]. Once you account for repeated attempts due to survival from poisoning, and it’s ineffectiveness the huge disparity is accounted for[4]. This leaves only two conclusions. Ether men are equally likely to attempt suicide, or that women are more likely to attempt suicide, but that men are more likely to use effective means. Men are less likely to seek help for suicide because they are more likely to succeed on the first attempt, and women are more likely to seek help because poisoning takes a period of time where you can change your mind. Seeking medical attention to remedy a poison overdose results in the doctor referring the patent to therapy where there isn’t much of a second chance when you pick a firearm. The facts meet my first and second burdens. Man Hating:Ms. Watson probably never looked at the facts of suicide beyond the surface statistics. She’s probably unaware that most successful suicides give warning signs before the event[5]. However, if she were aware of the facts then what is she saying? She’s saying that learning the warning signs is too complicated, and that men need to change to fix this. This is hating men for being men, and shifts the blame to the suicide victim rather than force us to reexamine ourselves so that we’re better able to address the issue if we encounter it again. The problem with male suicide is that you don’t get a second chance very often. I could say more, but I’d like to hand this round over to my opponent to respond at this time. [1] . http://www.who.int...[2] . http://www.suicide.org...[3] . http://www.hsph.harvard.edu...[4] . https://www.afsp.org...[5] . http://www.masspreventssuicide.org...