"Men Think They're Too Tough and Manly for Doctors, So It's No Wonder They Die First"

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-03-25 18:48

Article here. Excerpt:

'Hey, men: Ever wonder why your life expectancy is shorter than women's? It could be because you're too busy chugging whiskey, chopping firewood and doing other tough man stuff to go to the goddamn doctor.

Men who subscribe to traditional notions of masculinity are less likely to go to the doctor. They're more likely to downplay their symptoms. They also tend to experience worse overall health than people who don't hold those beliefs, according to new research.

Tradition-bound dudes are also more likely to choose male doctors — but they're less likely to open up to them about health issues than they are with female doctors.

Psychologists at Rutgers University say their findings could help explain why men tend to die earlier than women.

"Men can expect to die five years earlier than women, and physiological differences don't explain that difference," Diana Sanchez, associate professor of psychology at Rutgers' School of Arts, said in a press release.'

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did they for one second consider that the lower life expectancy might have something to do with, say, society's condoning of male disposability? Nineteen out of twenty industrial deaths are male, along with 98% of war deaths, in addition to males being three quarters of murder victims, the majority of victims of violence, and the default bodyguards of their wives, girlfriends, and female relatives.

Maybe men don't go to the doctor as often because they don't have as much free time to do so. Many men work long hours, sometimes sixty or more hours a week (this is because many men are the sole breadwinners for their families). They also receive more of a stigma at their jobs for taking time off.

Thus, these researchers really need to think about a host of other variables before publishing their misandric tripe, methinks.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sat, 2016-03-26 17:58