Yes, Women Are More Likely To Visit The Doctor

This article on Excite News purports to confirm an old stereotype that women are more likely to visit the doctor than are men. In spite of its headline, the article spends more word space focusing on how to "improve" women's health and relationships with the medical profession than men. In fact, men are only mentioned in three paragraphs of the 12 paragraph story. Most of the comparisons are made between white women and black women. Not surprisingly, women are diagnosed and treated for depression more often than men. It is my personal belief that this is because of the old stereotype in which men must "suck it up and tough it out" while women are too delicate to be allowed to experience any discomfort.

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