A group of middle-aged whites in the U.S. is dying at a startling rate

[Bonobo]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-group-of-middle-aged-american-whites-is-dying-at-a-startling-rate/2015/11/02/47a63098-8172-11e5-8ba6-cec48b74b2a7_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_whitedeaths-319pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

When I talked about the suicide issue that face predominately men, I was attacked as a sexist. But I have lost 3 friends my age to suicide and know it is a real thing.

Here is the data. It is no surprise to me. The burden still lies more heavily on men than on women to be the providers. They carry a tremendous psychological burden and the meanings of their lives is inextricably linked to doing so. They cannot "give" life, so in exchange they are expected to be the ones that provide for that life. It is the way of nature.

The fact that the world is a "Patriarchy" does nothing to alleviate this extra-burden nor does it make the lives of male individuals easier -the opposite actually.