Men are being killed by their partners, and the cause of death recorded as suicide

Thanks Alex. We know that the male suicide rate after the end of long-term relationships is 9x higher than the female suicide rate. Denial of contact with children is undoubtedly a major contributor to this statistic. Our view is that men don’t commit suicide three times more often than women because of their personal failings, it’s because three times more men than women reach the point where life is (to them) objectively not worth continuing. Women ‘attempt’ suicide three times more often than men, but all the experts in this field I’ve spoken to are unanimous. Taking a few pills then calling the ambulance – the usual pattern for women ‘attempting suicide’ – is a call for help, not a genuine suicide attempt. Women in a crisis know society will support them, while men in a crisis soon learn (if they don’t know it already) that society won’t support THEM.