Suicide in different cultures.

1. Suicide in different cultures. Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit.” -Bill Maher

2. Suicide: • Reasons: • Depression • shame • guilt • desperation • physical pain • emotional pressure • anxiety • financial difficulties

3. Cultural Views on existential themes • Religion • Honor • Meaning of life

4. Euthanasia • a controversial ethical issue involving people who are terminally ill • Self-sacrifice for others is not usually considered suicide • Individuals who wish to end their own life may enlist the assistance of another person to achieve death

5. Epidemiology of suicide • about a million people die by suicide annually • suicides in the U.S. outnumber homicides by nearly 2 to 1 • Worldwide suicide rates have increased by 60% in the past 50 years • China, India and Japan may account for 40% of all world suicides.

6. Gender & Suicide • Males die much more often by means of suicide than do females • females attempt suicide more often • males are more likely to end their lives through effective violent means • women primarily use more failure-prone methods such as overdosing on medications

7. Murder-suicide • an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before or at the same time as him or herself • can be purely criminal in nature or be perceived by the perpetrator as an act of care for loved ones in the context of severe depression

8. Suicide methods • Firearms • Asphyxiation • Intoxication • self-defenestrating • Drowning • Self-immolation • Suicide by cop • Electrocution • Suicide attack • Reckless Disregard • kamikaze • Kaitens • Ritual suicide : Kaitensby men and jigai by women • mass suicide • Electrocution • Ect….

9. Views on Suicide • Modern medicine treats suicide as a mental health issue • suicide is also viewed as a cultural norm • In most forms of Christianity, suicide is considered a sin • Suicide is not allowed in the religion of Islam • Some see suicide as a legitimate matter of personal choice and a human right

10. Indirect suicide • the act of setting out on an obviously fatal course without directly committing the act upon oneself • In some instances the subjects commits a capital crime in hope of being sentenced to death

11. Pictures

12. The Megan Meier Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxxqcH_Mkc an Americanteenager who committed suicide in October 2006. Her suicide was attributed to cyber-bullyingthrough the social networking website MySpace. The account through which the bullying took place purportedly belonged to a 16-year-old male named "Josh Evans." However, the mother of a former friend of Meier, Lori Drew, later admitted creating the MySpace account with her 18-year-old employee, Ashley Grills and her daughter.

13. Suicide affect • Suicide affect not only the person that commit the act but the people around that person. • In this video itwill show Kamikaze • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5slCTLrFHI&feature=related • This video made in japan represent in a way what suicide dose to people in a way when when you die we all die with you… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n0NCqOKY-M