In the same way, silence about male victims reinforces unhealthy expectations about men and their supposed invulnerability.
Sadly, cricketing suicides are not rare, as David Frith's book Silence of the Heart makes plain.
That is, if the silence of trying to fall asleep the old fashioned way proves deafening.
"No one knows, but I do think it's safe to say that it's likely that it's been a part of many wars throughout history and that taboo has played a part in the silence".
"I fear he will say: 'Now, my brother is not a man.'" It is for this reason that both perpetrator and victim enter a conspiracy of silence and why male survivors often find, once their story is discovered, that they lose the support and comfort of those around them.
It was clear from their stories that it was usually women themselves hiding menstruation behind silence and shame.
He often used to sit in silence just looking at me or mum, smiling, content to be with his family, at home and being looked after.
Since all it takes for evil to prevail is one good seven-year-old to do nothing, I continued to crack the case wide open: "And what about the tooth fairy?" I got up to tell my sister, but was waylaid by an adult offering me chocolate cake in exchange for my silence.
But Juncker told the Guardian there had been no contact with the UK government on the matter, a silence that has continued in recent weeks.
Coming on the back of the detention of David Miranda, it seems that the UK government is using, and quite likely misusing, laws to intimidate journalists and silence its critics.
