 One South Korean lawmaker blames a rise in male suicide on what he says is the increasingly dominant role of women in South Korean society. BBC's Jean McKenzie in Seoul. The counsellor Kim Gi-duk's reasoning is as follows. As more women have entered the workforce, it's become harder for men to get jobs and to find women who want to marry them. Suicide prevention experts have slammed Mr. Kim for making dangerous and unsubstantiated remarks.