[tsotha]

The women I've known who "attempted" suicide weren't really trying to kill themselves. It was either attention seeking behavior or an attempt to punish people in their social circle. IMO it's more a question of intent than method.

[dang]

We detached this flamewar from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10494651 and marked it off-topic.

[DanBC]

That's not what the research shows. Your comment is strongly stigmatising of people in psychiatric distress.

[tsotha]

And yet the numbers back my interpretation.

[DanBC]

No they don't. Show which numbers you mean.

[tsotha]

Did you read the title of this post?

[DanBC]

How does the title of this post support your unpleasant suggestion that women who attempt suicide are not serious in their attempt (your use of scare quotes is fucking disgusting, BTW) and were doing it to seek attention or to punish people - it is this attention seeking / punishing behaviour that I'm trying to get you to support with any evidence.