Injury, Interiority, and Isolation in Men’s Suicidality

Men’s high suicide rates have been linked to individual risk factors including history of being abused as a child, single marital status, and financial difficulties.  While it has also been suggested that the normative influences of hegemonic masculinities are implicated in men’s suicide, the gendered experiences of male suicidality are poorly understood.  In this study, twenty men who previously had suicidal thoughts, plans, and/or attempts were interviewed, as a means to better understand the connections between masculinities and their experiences of suicidality.  Read more at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988316679576