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For every female suicide in Ireland, there are five male suicides. This book is based on fieldwork done in and around Cork, Ireland between 2008 and 2012 among some forty young lads, aged 18-34. This anthropological approach aims to help explain why some groups in a specific society or community are more prone to commit suicide than others. In addition to suicide, this book focuses extensively on related issues such as alcohol, drug abuse, and other self-destructive behaviors prominent within Irish lad culture. This includes peer pressures and loyalties, chauvinistic jargon, homophobic bullying, humor, and the culture of mocking so as to grasp the cultural expectations of this particular form of masculinity. The everyday workings of gender segregation and gender-appropriateness is examined in detail by informants while addressing the underlying question whether increased gender equality—which includes men—could lessen young men's vulnerability to self-destructive behaviors and suicide in Ireland.

Suicide --- Young men --- Working class men --- Masculinity --- Gender Identity --- Men --- Dangerous Behavior --- Young Adult --- Social Change --- Self-Injurious Behavior --- Sociology --- Psychosexual Development --- Identification (Psychology) --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Persons --- Social Problems --- Behavior --- Adult --- Social Behavior --- Psychoanalytic Theory --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Social Sciences --- Population Characteristics --- Personality Development --- Age Groups --- Named Groups --- Defense Mechanisms --- Behavioral Symptoms --- Personality --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Health Care --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Psychological Theory --- Psychological Phenomena and Processes --- Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Suicidal behavior --- Social conditions --- Social conditions. --- Killing oneself --- Self-killing --- Masculinity (Psychology) --- Social sciences. --- Ethnology. --- Sociology. --- Cultural studies. --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Social Sciences. --- Gender Studies. --- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. --- Sociology, general. --- Social Anthropology. --- Cultural Anthropology. --- Cultural Studies. --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Psychological aspects --- Young adults --- Boys --- Death --- Right to die --- Causes --- Social groups. --- Family. --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- Family --- Families --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Social aspects