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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Are our ‘lost boys’ really being failed?

A schoolboy at his desk
‘Sexist attitudes do harm boys’ outcomes.’ Photograph: Bsip Sa/Alamy

The idea that society is failing young men needs to be treated with caution (“Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys?”, Comment).

Suicide rates are flimsy evidence that men struggle more than women. Death by suicide is indeed more prevalent in men; however, women make more suicide attempts.

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