Drive to bring down male suicides

AngryMan writes "Suicide is the most common cause of death among men under 35. If we are all basking in our Patriarchal power, why are so many of us killing ourselves?"

Ed. note: The AFSP holds suicide prevention walk-a-thons that are done at night. These walk-a-thons however require a minimum of $1000 in pledges from sponsors for each walker and an entrance fee, sort of like the AIDS rides that were in the news a lot last year (there was big controversy too over the very high percentage of the amount raised going to "overhead costs"). I don't know anything about AFSP or how well they use their donations; I am just mentioning that it exists and there does seem to be a national awareness campaign, at least here in the U.S., regarding suicide-- though it doesn't seem to be too well-known nor mention particularly the fact of the much-higher percentage of males who commit suicide.

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