Suicide blights China's women

Not so nice statistic from China:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2526079.stm

>> But the most significant finding was that, unlike almost everywhere else in the world, more women than men commit suicide.
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"It appears that many of them are impulsive events following an acute fight or an argument with the husband or a parent or a mother in law," he told the World Today programme.

But the biggest single reason why so many suicide attempts in China are successful is their method.

Nearly two-thirds of them are by consuming pesticides and powerful rat poisons which are extremely easy to buy in China.
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In China, there is also a lack of social and religious taboos against taking one's own life.

"In some particular villages it almost becomes normalised. If a young woman is having trouble, this is one way she'll express her displeasure," Dr Phillips said.<<