Is this a new trend that started after opening more combat roles to females?
sounds to me that whatever affect military service has on the propensity to commit suicide effects women the same as men and overcomes women’s general predisposition not to commit suicide.
I distrust stats from the Regime. May or my not be true.
“Their suicide rate is so high that it approaches that of male veterans, a finding that surprised researchers because men generally are far more likely than women to commit suicide.”
Perhaps the tendency to suicide is not due to sex, but the trials of combat situations. So as women in the military experience the true horrors of war, they are scarred by it as much as their male counterparts.
Combat roles.
What is the rate in the general population woman and men ?
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. That's why I propose the following alternative headline:
Suicide rate of male vets approaching that of female vets
Regards,
Yes. If it's produced by the Obama administration, it must reflect an agenda. It could be as simple as the usual "let's raise taxes and spend more money" or "we need to take the hoi polloi's guns away". Or it could be something more than that.
Combat is ugly....period.
I wonder how many of the suicidal women are parents? My neice has PTSD from her service as an emergency room nurse, in Mosul. But she has children to raise, and a husband, and her Christian faith. She also takes her counseling and medications, as prescribed. I wonder if women with children hang on better.
The kind of woman who would seek a military career also happens to be more likely to commit suicide. Peoples brains are wired differently.
Bfl
I haven’t read the study, but one thought instantly jumps to mind.
Male suicide attempts typically involve irreversible fatal injuries by guns, hanging, plastic bags taped around the head after drug consumption, etc.
Female suicide often fails because it involves just drug overdose, wrist slashing, etc.
I will guess that female veterans are much more comfortable using firearms and have a much higher death rate than non-veterans.
Suicide by healthy adults can almost always be classified in one of three areas.
(1) Drug or alcohol abuse.
(2) Clinical Depression or Schizophrenia.
(3) Family history of suicide.
Since age 18-25 are the prime years for onset of Schizophrenia, it seems like that issue should be carefully analyzed.
I think it is always very stressful when a woman is (made, forced, duped, deceived, etc) to believe she can function outside of her normal role. Don’t bother please. You and I both know the females normal role. Think about it.
Its unfortunate that so many female vets are committing suicide. It would be interesting to see how many of them are lesbians.
Female veterans commit suicide at about the same rate as male veterans?
Duh...
Our society is laying out unhealthy and nearly impossible expectations for everyone.
A hundred years ago, a young woman was considered to be doing good if she married Steve from the farm down the road and lived life as a farmer’s wife.
Now look at it. She has to marry a Prince Charming who makes at least $250,000 a year. She has to have a Mercedes SUV and an 8,000 square foot house on a beach. Needs to look like a rake with arms. Job? Should be at least a VP.