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by Anonymous User on 02:26 PM February 9th, 2005 EST (#1)
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I emailed Nancy Brown about this and she has not responded. Then I found there is a California bill on this issue, SCR 9, which says "This measure would recognize the month of February 2005, as American Heart Month in California in order to raise awareness of the effect of heart disease on women. The measure would also recognize February 4, 2005, as Wear Red for Women Day in California and urge all citizens to become aware of the vital issues of women's heart health by wearing and displaying the color red on that day. This measure would also urge public support for Go Red for Women events planned in their community during American Heart Month."
We'll respond.
Marc A.
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by Iron Mike on 10:34 PM February 10th, 2005 EST (#4)
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Nancy Brown did respond to me. For the most part it was standard boiler plate. The American Heart Association is dedicated to helping both men and women blah blah blah. She addressed the problem with the gender speific nature of the campain very briefly. Here's an excerpt from her letter..
"For many years, the images of heart disease and heart attack have been predominantly those of men. Men have historically been the subjects of
scientific research, which has been the basis for treatment guidelines and programs."
"To address the misperceptions held by women and men alike that cardiovascular diseases are not a serious health threat to women or their families, the American Heart Association launched its Go Red For Women campaign."
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by Anonymous User on 03:26 PM February 9th, 2005 EST (#2)
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I don't know the full story about this, but do men go out of their way to raise awareness about life-threatening diseases that affect them? I don't know whose fault it is, but hopefully men aren't simply uninterested in raising awareness for themselves.
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by Anonymous User on 04:12 PM February 9th, 2005 EST (#3)
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Men have not been taught to organize around their issues, politically or otherwise, largely because they're always taught that they "have everything" (the myth of male power), and because their expected role is to protect women and not men. Plus they work about 15 hours per week more than women outside the home, making activism more difficult. So their lack of orgnizing and speaking out on this and other issues, is partly a reason, but it's not entirely men's fault. In fact many men and women too have been speaking out and doing things for a long time, they're just underfunded , out-gunned by feminists, shushed by the Lace Curtain, etc. etc. We have a Men's Health Act in Congress right now, with lots of co-sponsors, but it's all done on a shoestring budget and the media shows no interest. The bottom line is that men's health and other issues have been severely neglected for a numer of reasons.
Marc A.
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Carey Roberts writes:" On Friday, February 4, the American Heart Association will be celebrating its “National Wear Red Day.” And for the second year in a row, the AHA is breaking the hearts of men – see excerpt from my column below. I’m listing their contact information, so you can complain. I don’t think men’s hearts or lives should count for less.