Durkheim’s Study
In this blog post I just wanted to add some extra thoughts I had when we were discussing Durkheim‘s studies on suicide in class The first one being single people have a higher rate of suicide vs a person who is married. In class Was mentioned about how if you’re married then you physically have another person there that you can talk to that you could express your feelings with but also I was thinking in our society being married is more socially accepted and I myself being in a relationship for nine years (not married) I’ve had friends who’ve been in a relationship for one year and then get married and act like they’re better than everybody because now They have that title of being married. On the other hand single people was mentioned in how they don’t have those social connections I also thought socially being single is looked down upon I’ve heard jokes from friends and family about being at the dinner table at a family gathering and maybe their brother had gotten married or has a girlfriend or even if they don’t have any siblings and the single person will get all those questions “so are you seeing anybody?” “Have you met anyone yet?” Those questions can really hurt and effect people mentally. The next case that was brought up was that men have a higher suicide rate than women and what was brought up was that women have more social connections which I do agree with and think it’s true but what wasn’t brought up that really struck me was how in our society men are raised to be strong, men are raised to not have emotion to “not cry” or that’s they can’t cry. Women on the other hand are raised to feel and express emotion and even stereotypically be called too emotional which allows us to have the out let that men don’t. The last one that I wanted to give my opinion on mainly because I’m not super religious Was the difference between wealthy people having a higher rate of suicide then poor people What was brought up in class is how wealthy people are more likely to travel around leading them to have less long-term social connections which I do agree with but also I thought of how wealthy people depending on how they get their wealth sometimes lead them to be extremely guarded and untrusting of others which makes them become more isolated in their lives just because they don’t want their wealth getting taken away or having to deal with untrusted people who want to talk to them or be with them just because of their wealth and poor people on the other hand I think the reason why they are so socially connected is that it’s a necessity they need to be socially connected with their community they need the extra help from others and in other countrys villages need each other they all have a roll to help each other survive and get by. I just thought this whole topic was very interesting and how a study from 200 years ago still hold so much truth and value today.
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