• @nexguy@lemmy.world
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    1025 days ago

    Far higher social stigmas and family pressure likely led to fewer deaths being ruled suicide in the 1950s as compared to today but of course there can be no data on this fact, just anecdotes.

    • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      825 days ago

      Anecdotal and a lack of causation. Saying suicides in women dropped after getting no fault divorce after the 70’s is no more a causational fact than saying female suicide rates dropped after the 70’s due to Billy Joel releasing his hit single My Life in 1979