RE: men, the bastards


Subject: RE: men, the bastards
From: Sean Draine (seandr@microsoft.com)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2000 - 14:18:49 GMT


Scottie:
    Whether you like or not, most scratched wrists
    belong to 15-25 year old females - hence the 'girlish'.
    Most scratched wrists have the purpose of drawing
    attention rather than of self-destruction - hence
    the 'hysterical'. Both are quite respectable English
    words conveying a clear meaning to most readers.

I offer another interpretation. The ratio of successful/failed
suicide attempts leans heavily in favor of men. Boys are much
more effective at killing themselves than girls. Homicide
rates show that men are also much more effective at killing
others. Women aren't more prone to attention-seeking suicide -
they just don't tend to be effect killers.

-Sean
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