The rate for young males is now over six times as high as that of young Irish girls. Suicide reached an all-time high last year, with 504 people taking their own lives. Interestingly, suicide is highest in rural areas, far lower in more liberal Dublin. David Simpson, co-ordinator of a parenting program in the Northwestern Health Board, has worked in men's health since l984. The result is confusion about identity.
Most cultures are now anti-male.
For men, it's almost as if part of their conditioning takes away their knowing how to be human. If you take that away from someone, don't suddenly expect them to reclaim it.