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Suicide is one of the biggest causes of death, especially for men in that age range. Suicidality involves complex mental health. It is entirely possible for a person with suicidal thinking to be in treatment for that thinking but also continuing to study at university. Dropping references to suicide into minor assignments is a weird thing to do, especially if it's going to be framed with such odd choice of words.

Rape is similarly common and for some (but not all) victims is extremely distressing.

Can you understand why you don't just drop references to rape and suicide into a short assignment with no other context?

So what? You're exposed to these topics everytime you watch TV news, listen to any radio station with news reporting, read a newspaper (or the headlines while walking through the city), reading Wikipedia articles, books, basically taking part in life.

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