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"Men's Habits, Not Biology, Cause Early Death"
posted by Adam on 09:03 AM May 28th, 2004
Men's Health Rand T. writes "Quote: "Last week saw two new developments in the emerging men's health movement: the debut of a peer-reviewed scientific journal, The Journal of Men's Health and Gender, and what sponsors say is the first men's health conference convened in the USA." Article here"

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Men are too willing to put themselves down (Score:2)
by Raymond Cuttill on 06:15 PM May 28th, 2004 EST (#1)
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Men play up to women and compete with other men to appear strong and capable. Women put men down as weak to manipulate them. I've seen a lot of "ah diddums" comments from women who want to dismiss men as victims of unfair laws or women's violence. We will have to take less notice of women, especially as they no longer reward us with loyalty for being tough, and take more notice of our health.
Re: Women's Habits, Not Biology, Cause Longevity (Score:1)
by Roy on 07:02 PM May 28th, 2004 EST (#2)
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It's pretty obvious, since the primary female "habit" is PREDATION... emotional, financial, and mass psychological aggression against men.

Kill off the "oppressor" through patient, relentless, systemic, indirect, third-party, state-sanctioned abuse...

disguised as a social movement for gender "equality."


"It's a terrible thing ... living in fear." - Roy: hunted replicant, Blade Runner
Re:Men are too willing to put themselves down (Score:1)
by Gang-banged on 10:56 PM May 28th, 2004 EST (#3)
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Living in gender-biased Britain, where GP Surgery times are structured to to meet the needs of housewives or part-time working women and not those of full-time working men, it is somewhat obscene to state it is men's habits that promote their earlier death.

Gender bias continues in most other areas of health matters. Example, more than four times the number of men die from prostate cancer, than women of cervical cancer, yet, there is no national screening programme for men like there is for women. Examine the records of any cancer charity, and you will discover that less than five percent of their spend is directed towards men's issues.

Simply put, we need to start treating men a equal citizens, not excusing matters as its their own fault really.
Habits to be wary of.... (Score:1)
by westcoast2 on 06:36 AM May 30th, 2004 EST (#4)
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Habits to be wary of...

1 dieing violently or accidently
2 not going to the doctors when unwell
3 being unresponsive to pain and illness

What I do....
 
1 I try hard to avoid number 1
2 Go to the doctors when necessary and not for minor ailments (doctors are overstretched and really do need to spend time with very ill patients).
3 This is worthy of a full discourse on socialization, although it is noted from the article that...
"Beyond the biological, we've got to look at some of the sociological and anthropological bases. The culture of being female is entirely different from the culture of being male."

thank you Jean, Donna and Wanda

An opinion from the keyboard of westcoast2
Re:Habits to be wary of.... (Score:0)
by Anonymous User on 01:55 PM May 30th, 2004 EST (#5)
When it's men's health in crisis, it is MEN'S fault.
When it's women's health in crisis, it is MEN'S fault.
If a huge asteroid were to crash into the earth and destroy 90% of all life on this planet, some how THAT would be MEN'S fault, too.
Oh and the media would say it affects women more than men...,

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valuing men (Score:0)
by Anonymous User on 07:29 PM May 30th, 2004 EST (#6)
The men's main question? Whether a heart attack would impair sexual performance.

"We have to remember that men are performance-oriented," Bonhomme says.
    "We're rewarding men for performance at the expense of their health."


It hurts just to read this. Men have internalized a horrible, demeaning image of being male. And women have not done enought to make clear the essential human value of males. How sad.

Think of that when you read or watch another misandristic thrust in the media.
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