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Originally Posted by PEN67
These are danish numbers: During our research we found, that women have 12 million more visits to the doctor pr. year than men. There are many reasons for this, we have been looking mostly at how hegemonic masculine identity seems to play a role (men try to protect their autonomy, they hate to be looked at as weak etc.). A result of this behavior, among others, is the fact, that many men seem to have more advanced stages of cancer, when finally diagnosed. Every time 7 women dies from cancer, 10 men dies. Maybe this could result in more money being spent on treating men, we havenīt looked into that. But if you look at the screening programs we have in Denmark, most are targeted at women. I think itīs because they demand them. Men donīt.
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I don't know about Denmark, but in in the US, similar conclusions have been reached by so-called Advocacy Research projects. That means they are basically politcally motivated, have a desired conclusion in mind, and go about selecting data that support their pre-conceived ideas.
"But if you look at the screening programs we have in Denmark, most are targeted at women. I think itīs because they demand them. Men donīt."
This is known as Blaming the Victim. You're basically saying that men die more often from cancer because they do it to themselves and therefore they deserve it.
If there were fewer screening programs for women, would you blame women?
Why not look at it from a different POV: Why are men alienated from the health care system?
The fact of the matter, at least in western cultures, is that men are considered the more disposable sex.