Making health a male issue

Submitted by axolotl on Sat, 2009-11-21 06:53

Article here. Excerpt:

'"Having sex with a condom is not what many men are used to. Even if they know their status, some are reluctant. But the hardest part is encouraging them to get tested. Families are traditional - it is hard for a woman to get tested if the man hasn't," says the 69-year-old. "If a woman comes home with condoms, the man thinks she is trying to take control."

At the joint government and BIPAI funded Baylor hospital in Maseru, a support group of 70 fathers meet to become HIV literate.

"The idea was that if we can empower men to become HIV aware, children and mothers will also get tested," says Dr Christopher Linda, one of the founders of the father-run group. "Most don't have any knowledge of HIV or what it means for children, so we show them videos of how it is passed on. People come still attached to stigma. But at least they are starting to come into hospitals now. Health has for too long been a female issue."'

Is it me, or does it sound like they're really 're'-making it a female issue, disguised as a male one?

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"THE IDEA was that if we can empower men to become HIV aware, children and mothers will also get tested,"

Hell, they don't even have the decency to lie, they just tell us straight out that its about the women and kids!
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Submitted by MichaelClaymore on Sat, 2009-11-21 08:36

Yep. The men should do this to protect the valuable commodity known as females, not because they as males are worth protecting. Same story we see and hear over and over.

I'd like to see some male positive PSA's that tell men they need to get medical check ups simply because they are worth it. Not because of the money they make or the status they have or for other people but because they have value as men. They have value as being human. Radical concept indeed.

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Submitted by Tom on Sat, 2009-11-21 11:33

manonthestreet

Who gives the men HIV in the first place? Can I suggest they get it from bitches?

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Submitted by trotter on Sat, 2009-11-21 15:31

We are tempted to believe the generalizations because we know very little about India.

But feminist = liar = feminist = liar.

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Submitted by PaulG on Sat, 2009-11-21 20:22