For some peculiar reason, whenever I address a health issue and my male friends are present, the discussion is quickly redirected to another subject as they try to avoid the discussion. I recently encountered the same phenomenon and one of my friends responded that men are feeling guilty of making mistakes when it comes to their health. From forgetting to eat their daily fruit and veggies indulging in a hamburger of French fries, to scheduling an appointment with the doctor only when the symptoms they have been experiencing for weeks intensify, men feel guilty for not taking care of their health and try to avoid any type of discussion that reminds them of that fact.
If you are familiar with the old story that men do not need to ask for street advice, as they can always find their way, they also generally tend not to seek out help when it comes to their health as they are always capable of surpassing the problem they have been facing and heal themselves. In fact, statistics reveal that women worry more about their health status than men do, and they take more preventative measures to protect it. After conducting my own focus group with some of my male friends, I discovered that this is totally true. Most of them avoid going for their regular check-ups, especially younger men, and decide to pay a visit to the doctor’s office only when something is broken, usually because a woman is present and insists that this is serious and should not be left to chance. Then it is only logical that men have, on average, a shorter life expectancy than women by six years.
But although this can be partly explained due to societal standards that portray men to be strong and touch, this potentially life-threatening health negligence cannot be justified. Enduring pain and being able to overcome any type of problem they face does not seem as an adequate explanation for this type of problematic behavior. The truth is that men tend to view doctor’s visits as uncomfortable and involving potentially painful procedures and in general men are not capable of handling or enduring pain. While women are biologically capable of handling the pains of a pregnancy they are also more open to discuss health issues and educated themselves regarding the threats associated with their health.
If one only considers the fact that the magazine’s and website’s focus is not on men’s health compared to the women’s health issues discussed, it is only logical to conclude that men’s health does not seem to be a priority either for men or for society. It is not that men do not get sick or are not experiencing signs of weakness from time to time; it is rather that their social role does not permit them to look or express that weakness.
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by Susan Cohen and Christine Cosgrove (March 31, 2010) Human height is an inherited biological trait with strong social meanings in most cultures. In the United States, recent research shows a continuing positive correlation between above-average height and happiness, greater educational achievement, higher economic status, and less of a tendency to worry (!), while below-average height is associated with significant personal discontent. While studies have found this especially true for men, the picture has been less clear for women, for whom above-average height has often been socially problematic. The history of treating height has been called a perfect allegory for modern medicine. This story of scientific and medical achievement raises questions about the lines between experiment and treatment and enhancement; questions about informed consent, medicalization of social problems, how we define what is “normal,” and the influence in our lives of the pharmaceutical industry. This Medical Center Hour with medical journalists Susan Cohen and Christine Cosgrove explores the complicated intersection of medicine, society, and business that is the medical manipulation of height—the checkered, sometimes miraculous, sometimes tragic history of past efforts as well as forecasts for future management of this part of our genetic makeup. Co-presented with the History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series
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September 1st, 2011 at 6:32 pm
I would have to go with you just being paranoid and having a vivid imagination. You seem fairly disturbed to share this oozing goo of perverted thoughts with the world. It's rambling and seems filled with thinly veiled rage. I think you could benefit from therapy. From what I can tell your dad taking you to the mens room seems to have affected you greatly. But you don't present any real tangible evidence of abuse.
September 1st, 2011 at 6:46 pm
That was funny as hell! The only comments are if I go outside with my shirt off, it'll scare the neighbors away and decrease the property value. That, and I can turn the condom inside out for my own pleasure. Also, the hairy butt comment… what if you own a dog?
September 1st, 2011 at 5:32 pm
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September 1st, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Mike, Robert is still fighting to prove that his Non Hodgkins Lymphoma is also connected to Camp lejeune water…
September 1st, 2011 at 11:16 pm
I lived in Jacksonville in the early to late 80s when my father was stationed at Camp Lejeune. I developed Osteo Sarcoma in 1981 and lost my left leg at the age of 12. The cancer came back in 2004 and I went on to lose my right knee, left shoulderblade and right lung, …I am still fighting the cancer. After hearing about this, it seems that this clearly was the cause.
I really wonder if anyone is ever going to be held accountable for this.
Mike, my heart goes out to you, buddy.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Gerson Institute will cure your cancer
September 2nd, 2011 at 2:55 pm
@zackam1306
September 2nd, 2011 at 4:32 pm
I was at CLNC and we used industrial solvents, one called dry cleaning solvent, which was provided to us without any special instruction or protective gear.
Taking into consideration Mike’s story, and the many thousands of others including my own leukemia, the title of my big screen movie would be:
The Making of a Liar: How the Marine Corps Trains Base Commanders & Future Commandants.
Semper Toxic
September 3rd, 2011 at 12:54 pm
Are there any attornies representing all us former marines in a class action lawsuit? My dad and myself where there during the time period.
September 4th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
my dad just got call about this tongiht.. he experienced all these symptoms… and almost died 2001.
so is there like any possible money involved then????
September 4th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
My freind died of Cancer at 40 years old. He was also there. Now it makes me wonder.