| Apparently, white females teenagers are more likely to have suicidal thoughts than any other group. Really? I mean by sheer numbers, women are more prevalent than men, white people are more prevalent in the United States than any other race, so duh. There are going to be more white individuals in the prison system, in any alcoholics anonymous program, in any hospital, etc. But does that actually equal out to higher percentages? After all, in a smaller group, one person or two people make a larger impact on the percentages than they would in a larger group, even though the numbers are technically smaller. I can understand the part about teenagers. I mean teenagers are going through raging hormones, every acne treatment under the sun in some cases, teenage angst. It’s a high stress time. And girls are more likely to get into the whole oh I’m fat thing and all that bundle of fun. But some girls of some other races are proud to be big, proud to have a big butt or big this or big that, they flaunt it even. So that might reduce some problems. But why not Asian teens? Asians are the smallest group in the United States. Therefore numbers would be more significantly affected than any other group by one or two people. Asians are generally expected to be skinny, expected to be smart, and those with first generation parents….well Asian parents are notorious for being a lot of things. And all teenagers of all races really go through the test of finding an acne treatment that works for them, being teased maybe, low self esteem over more than just being too big or too small, etc. But no, it’s Caucasian female teenagers. It should be noted however that while girls are more likely to attempt suicide, boys are more likely to actually commit suicide. This because boys use more violent methods, whereas a girl is more likely to use a high drama method or just try to overdose on aspirin or something. |