Why is a woman three times more likely than a man to attempt suicide? We often hear it is because she wants attention, but that doesn’t leave us with an understanding of what she wants the attention to accomplish: she wants to become the priority of those she loves rather than always prioritizing them. She […]

ITEM Jimmy Stewart s film character considers kilng himself for his $5,000 insurance policy for his wife. The film is called It’s a Wonderful Life. (Wonder what he would do if it were a homble life!) ITEM When the farming crisis led to foreclosures and bankruptcies in the upper midwestem states in the early 1980s. […]

The most respected feminist therapists, such as Carol Gilligan and jean Baker Miller, claim that a relationship loss is more pervasive for women than for men H If it is, though, why do husbands whose wives die commit suicide ten times more often than wives whose husbands die?,s A woman friend of mine speculated that […]

Girls are preparing for a world that increasingly allows them to be whatever they wish to be — homemakers, mothers, secretaries, executives. Girls can perform outside the home, nurture inside the home, or do some combina tion, depending on their personalities. Boys must still perform outside the home, no matter what their personalities. For some […]

ITEM When a Trukese boy (л the western Pacific islands) has a troubled relationship, he is expected to respond by displaying amwunumwvn, a kind of emotional withdrawal. Trukese males commit suKide 25 times more often than their American male counterparts.8 /’Headolescent boys and girls express emotions equally and commit suicide at about the same rate. […]

ITEM A husband whose wife dies e about ten times more likely to commit suicide than a wife whose husband ties.1 ITEM Unemployed men commit suKide at twice the rate of employed men. Among women, there is no difference m the rate of suicide based on whether or not the woman is employed.2 ITEM In […]

When civil rights leaders asked John Kennedy to prioritize civil rights, he answered, "Make it politically possible." Although no laws can be more unconstitutional than male-only draft registration and combat require­ments, both are living proof that the unconstitutionality of a law is not enough to change it if the political climate does not support that […]

We can’t end war by telling men that if they don’t fight, we won’t respect them in the morning. (Then we wonder why men fight to gain respect.) If women are eventually drafted, 1 predict women who resist will be acknow­ledged, and the resistance will be seen as evidence of women ’s more peace — […]

If war requires the willingness to sacrifice life, peace requires the skills to live life. Because wartime requires the sacrifice of individuality, boot camp became the lobotomy of individuality. Because peacetime requires the rebirth of individualitv, reentry programs must help the veteran take his individuality out of hibernation. In war, mistrust and paranoia are functional, […]

From Rombo to roaltty To this day, his legs still Missing in Action. Leroy V. Quintana n Political shifts often begin with actions that don’t just raise consciousness but shock consciousness. For example, if a Ram bo doll shows the ideal of violence, perhaps a "reality doll" can show the realities of violence. The reality […]