Hu Yu-hui explains: "The high rate of suicidal feelings among females is due to the fact that with the limited resources and power at their disposal, women only have suicide to resort to as a means of crying for help, or retaliating." On the other hand, the actual suicide rate for women is lower than for men, because women adopt milder methods, primarily overdoses.
「女性意圖自殺率高，是因為掌握資源、權力有限的女性，只能以自殺為手段，用以求救或報復」，胡幼慧指出，企圖自殺的女性高於男性，但自殺死亡率卻較男性低，原因是因為女性自殺方式較男性溫和，以服藥居多。