Psychiatrists warn that type of masculinity sustaining structure of patriarchy literally kills New Delhi: Offering more reasons for men to share power with women, psychiatrists have said that gender equality can prevent many men from taking their own lives. Of the 15 people, on an average, who committed suicide every hour in 2014, 10 were men, latest data with the home ministry’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows. “The number of suicides in the country during the decade (2004-2014) has recorded an increase of 15.8 per cent (131,666 in 2014 from 113,697 in 2004),” stated the NCRB report, “Accidental Deaths and Suicide in India 2014.” The overall male to female ratio of suicide victims during 2014 was 67.7:32.3, a marginal increase of males and marginal decrease of females as compared to 2013, the report said.

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