“When my reputation was at its height, classmates insulted me right to my face as I walked down the hall. When a teacher called on me, boys snickered and girls rolled their eyes. My body and face burned. I felt mortified. I contemplated suicide.” BodyEyeFacesGirlFeltBoysTeacherSuicideReputationHeightHallsBurnedInsultedClassmates Author:Leora Tanenbaum
“In the gay world, some of the most enriching and incredibly life-affirming and shaping relationships, very often between younger boys and older men, can be hugely positive experiences for those young boys. They can save those young boys from desolation, suicide and drug addiction, all sorts of things, providing they're consensual.” MenWorldYoungBoysGayDrugSuicideAddictionProvidingDrug AddictionDrug AddictDesolationAffirmingEnrichingOlder ManLife AffirmingPositive Experiences Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“A huge amount of what feminists are fighting for would have major positive impact for men as well as women. Take the male suicide rate, for example. In part, the problem arises from the idea that men are tough and manly, that 'boys don't cry' and it's embarrassing for them to talk about their feelings. So men are less likely to reach out for help and support with mental health issues. But that gender stereotype, which exists alongside the converse notion that women are over-emotional, 'hysterical', or 'hormonal', is one feminists are fighting hard to debunk.” MenWellsIdeasHardHelpingFeelingsProblemFightingBoysSupportIssuesCryExampleEmotionalHugeAmountMajorsToughSuicideImpactMental HealthMalesNotionRateFeministGenderAriseReach OutStereotypeEmbarrassingManlyConversesHystericalPositive ImpactGender StereotypesHealth IssuesHelp And SupportFighting HardBoys Don't Cry Author:Laura Bates
“I had in mind a case close to my family, friends of my parents, who seemed to be the perfect bourgeois family, and a young boy, who when he was 17, committed suicide. It was such a shock. The parents didn't understand. Nobody understood why he did that. Everybody was exploring his life, trying to understand what the problem was. Everybody had a feeling that this guy had the perfect life: he was beautiful, he was clever... but he did that. I had that in mind, about Isabelle in Young and Beautiful, for the parents to see adolescents like aliens.” TryingMindFeelingsProblemBeautifulGuyParentPerfectBoysMy FamilySuicideCommittedCleverAliensExploringFamily FriendsPerfect LifeYoung And Beautiful Author:Francois Ozon
“got a little red line that tells you, boy where the razor's been.” LittlesLinesBoysRedSuicideRazorsSelf HarmRed Lines Author:Tori Amos
“There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if any of them could suggest a reason for the tragedy. After a long silence a small boy in the front put up his hand: 'Could it have been the food, sir?” IfsLongHas BeensReasonStoriesHandsTogetherHouseSilenceBoysFrontsTragedySuicideCommittedEtonLong Silence Author:Auberon Waugh
“As Deborah Rhode describes, “When 1,100 Michigan elementary students were asked to describe what life would be like if they were the opposite sex, over 40 percent of the girls saw advantages to being male; they would have better jobs, higher incomes, and more respect. Ninety-five percent of the boys saw no advantage to being female, and a substantial number thought suicide would be preferable.”” IfsWould BeJobsGirlSexNumbersBoysFiveSawsStudentsHigherPercentAdvantageFemaleOppositesSuicideMalesIncomeNinetyMichiganBetter Jobs Author:Deborah Rhode
“These Jews who run things, who are producing this mental illness teenage suicide...all these Jewish sicknesses...that's nothing new. The Talmud's full of things like sex with boys and girls.” RunningGirlSexBoysSuicideIllnessJewMental IllnessSicknessTeenageBoy And GirlNothing NewKu Klux Klan Author:David Duke
“When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them.” AbleFoundVoiceBoysSuicideNarrativeReportsStrictVirginsVirgin SuicidesNarrative VoiceStrict Rules Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.” MenHumorFunnyGirlWomenSecretBoysCourageWifeSelf EsteemHumourConfidenceLoversHusbandJokesHumorousSuicideSelf ConfidenceEsteemManWomanGirlfriendSatireGirlsAphorismLoverJokeSuicidalHilariousBoldnessBetterBoyfriendKillAphorismsConfidentBoyAssertivenessPoiseImproveAphoristAphoristsWivesSelf AssuranceHusbandsKilledGirlfriendsBoyfriendsMettleRomeo And JulietNerveImprovedSuicidesSelf MurderPhlegmAplombSelf PossessionBetteredIn Secret SecretlyKill Herself OverKill Himself OverKill Oneself OverKill Yourself OverKilled Herself OverKilled Himself OverKilling Yourself OverSelf Murders Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana