Historically, suicidal women and women in distress have been pathologized and trivialized. Despite high rates of suicidality among women, the role of gender and femininity continue to be overlooked in suicide research. I perform a qualitative “sociological autopsy” on 17 cases of young women who communicated intent before their deaths by suicide but were dismissed or ignored. I identify two tropes of suicidal femininity: “drama queens” and “attention seekers.” This paper highlights how gendered assumptions about, and interpretations of, women’s emotions and suicidality can be dangerous, even fatal.

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“戏剧女王”和“寻求关注者”：女性气质的特征和对表达自杀意图的女性的反应


从历史上看，自杀妇女和处于困境中的妇女被病态化和轻视。尽管女性自杀率很高，但性别和女性气质的作用在自杀研究中仍然被忽视。我对 17 例年轻女性进行了定性的“社会学尸检”，这些年轻女性在自杀前表达了自杀意图，但被忽视或忽视。我确定了自杀式女性气质的两个比喻：“戏剧女王”和“寻求关注者”。本文强调了对女性情绪和自杀倾向的性别假设和解释如何是危险的，甚至是致命的。