I don't want to derail this thread but want to give some context to my previous post. It's often stated that men come on here to patronisingly 'educate' the regulars or tell them they're feministing wrong. Posters often say "what's it got to do with us women? Why don't you go and set up a men's charity if you're so desperate to help?" etc.
My point is that we have a situation where 4x as many men are currently killing themselves than women and evidently struggle to discuss it for the reasons previously discussed. I think few things could be more harmful to a vulnerable suicidal male than being told "suck it up mate, at least you don't have it as bad as women!" This will only alienate such individuals and it is a sad thing to see people actively trying to convince others that men have it so easy (rather than focusing on helping their own sex - ironically what people like me are told to do rather than challenge this harmful dialogue).
This attitude of 'men don't need help' has already led to various supportive events being cancelled. A good example is International Mens Day, which was going to focus on male suicide amongst other things. York University cancelled the event, despite a male student having committed suicide only days before, and the impetus was a 200 signature petition which was submitted in protest of the event - and they refused to reinstate it after a several thousand signature petition called for it to be rescheduled. Their official statement was that "we have withdrawn the original statement about International Men’s Day, and do not propose to mark this event formally. In gender equality, our main focus has been, and will continue to be, on the inequalities faced by women." And this in spite of them already celebrating Internation Women's Day and having a feminist society.
Another example is the politician Jess Phillips literally scoffing at a male MP's suggestion to celebrate this day. She commented that she was the only woman in the room and that "every day is International Men's Day" as her argument. I find it a bit unfathomable that she thinks these wealthy MPs are any reflection whatsoever of the general male population's lifestyle or bear any similarity to the many men taking their own lives every week - you could say "every week is Men's Suicide Week".
I really think that the above two examples of brushing aside well publicised events aimed at tackling male suicide just give the message that it's not important, and this is further compounded by spreading the falsehood that 'men have it easy'.
And watch how quickly I'm branded a misogynist/MRA for daring to say this.