Cambridge celebrates men’s health month

Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2009-06-06 21:44

Story here. Excerpt:

'Cambridge — The Cambridge Public Health Department and community partners will host a series of events in June to celebrate Men’s Health Month.

“American men are experiencing a silent health crisis,” said Claude-Alix Jacob, the city’s chief public health officer and director of the public health department. Jacob said men have higher rates of death than women for heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, and HIV/AIDS. They are also more likely than women to die in a car crash, commit suicide, or suffer a fatal workplace injury.

“Despite the grim statistics, the good news is that men can take some simple actions — like eating better, exercising more, and making routine visits to the doctor — that can help improve their health,” Jacob said.'

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“Despite the grim statistics, the good news is that men can take some simple actions — like eating better, exercising more, and making routine visits to the doctor — that can help improve their health,” Jacob said.

So what they're really saying is "blame the man", or if you prefer: "it's their own fault for not doing x, y and z, just like you always suspected, you oh-so-superior female reader you!"

Only in this day and age can an article that's supposed to try and highlight very real shortcomings in the health care provided to men become an attempt to highlight very imaginary shortcomings in men.

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Submitted by RandomMan on Mon, 2009-06-08 11:15

Sorry, I can't get behind the idea that suggesting people eat better, exercise, and make routine visits to their doctor is some kind of feminist agenda. It's good advice for people of all genders, races, etc. That's not to suggest there aren't numerous places where men's health issues are ignored or viewed as less important, but there are plenty of things men (and women) can do to improve their own health.

Let's back off the victim card momentarily and rejoice that there is such a thing as "men's health month", a monumental achievement in and of itself.

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Submitted by ItsDan on Mon, 2009-06-08 13:21

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Submitted by RandomMan on Fri, 2009-07-10 13:04