@PohlMe @Chronic-Yonic @GrumpyOldNurse @Cousin_Isobel I also think women have it incredibly hard in society. Really hard. Parents frankly, like their daughters less than their sons. They will pay for, help, pick up their sons time after time while telling their daughter to handle life better. Girls do fall into homelessness bc parents are religious freaks or a man is molesting them at home.

Older women lose their lives after men leave them penniless or they run from abuse. I'm not turning women into perpetual victims but I happen to know and have worked with women who have told me stories and yeah, frightening number have been homeless. Normal women.

Plus drug addiction is not always some failure or selfish evil. People went from opioid prescriptions to heroin or street versions easily. Trauma needs to be discussed. But if we do I think we will realize just how traumatized women really are.

Also...suicide is a direct side effect of anti depressants. It is also a side effect of stopping anti depressants and benzodiazapines. We talk about none of that. We just say "oh she was depressed that's why she was on pills for it." But they stick people on pills for anything. Non suicidal people. Then they suddenly become suicidal. But it's wrapped into its own defense bc after all...they were depressed to begin with. So therefore suicide is a possibility. Yikes.