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Originally Posted by PEN67
I´m about to finish my bachelor as a nurse. I´m writing about mens health, specifically the problems we seem to have compared to women.
One of the theories I´m using is Antonovsky´s idear on SOC, sence of coherence, wich talks about peoples abillity to cope with stressfull experiences. In his book he compares the traditional western male with a molecule in a closed system, indifferent to input/impulses in his environment. This, according to Antonovsky, leads to entropy resulting in problems dealing with health-issues.
Physics is a long way away for me, but isn´t he talking about thermo dynamics? What do you guys think of his use of such a picture? If I get his idear right, I´m not sure I agree.
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I haven't read Antonovsky, but I have a suspicion that this may be a rationalization and defense for the continued outspending of US tax dollars on women's health issues compared to men, when women are already the healthiest segment of the US population.
I'm suspicious because I've seen this very discussion go on for many years by people who like to make false appeals to science..
I guess I'm about to go perilously off-topic. Sorry.