I made a post about male suicide a while back and got a lot of shit.
I just wanted to tell you that a friend of mine works for Samaritan health service for their suicide hotline. She told me a 'funny' story.
The majority of her time is spent screening and blocking phone numbers so that the lines are free for people who need help. Why does she have to do this ? Hundreds of times a day men would call up while masturbating, of course they would only stay on the line if the operator was female, which the majority are.
Men have always taken advantage of women's kindness and they always will. It is not our job.
Sometimes I entertain the idea of a male only suicide hotline, but then I remember that that would have to be male only staffed too, which means a good half if not more of these apparently suicidal men wouldnβt even use it. Which would probably cause it to fail. Then the males will point to its rubble with tears in their eyes and scream βsee what women did??? See how much society hates vulnerable men???β
Why do men have to pervert literally everything? I thought they were above it but perverting suicide hotlines is something we should have just expected from them.
When I worked at a DV/SA shelter for women and children as a crisis counselor on the overnight shift, Iβd get these kind of calls all the time.
All. The. Time.
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