everyone who pays attention knows that. it's on is how rarely you hear about it publicly acknowledged. our leaders pledged to create more opportunities for women and girls. men don't need help. there the patriarchy, they're fine, more than fine. are they fine? here are the numbers. start with the most basic, life-and-death pair the average american men will die five years before the average american woman. one of the reasons for this is addiction. men are more than twice as likely as women to become alcoholics. there also twice as locally to die of a drug o.d. in new hampshire, one of the state's hardest hit by the opioid crisis, 73% of overdose deaths were men. the saddest reason for shortness of life span is suicide. 77% of all suicides in america are committed by men. the overall rate is increasing at a dramatic pace between 1997 and 2014, there was a 43% rise