2023-10-19 10:16:03
Until 1880, the life expectancies of men and women were quite similar. Now, in all countries of the world, women live longer (85 years compared to 79 in France). Why such a gap to the disadvantage of men? Mainly, according to specialists, due to more physically arduous working conditionsof a certain vulnerability to cardiovascular diseasesand their attraction to tobacco or alcohol.
Other factors (genetics, hormonal and metabolic differences, etc.) mean that women have a better immune system while men are more vulnerable to viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi. However, these biological differences do not explain such a gap, and behavioral factors would weigh heavily in the balance. In fact, men exhibit significantly more violent or risky behavior (addictions, junk food, etc.) and go to the doctor less often.
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A study carried out between 2010 and 2021 on data from 156 countries concluded that when gender equality increases by 10%, male life expectancy increases by 3.5 months (4.3 months for women).
Researchers say that over time, greater equality could narrow the gender gap in life expectancy, and even high-income countries would benefit from further investment in this area. One more argument to continue this momentum!
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Gentlemen, take care of yourselves!
In France, 88% of women consult a general practitioner during the year, compared to 80% of men. A recent survey in the United States perhaps provides the beginnings of an explanation for this desertion of medical care by men: 65% of them think they are “by nature “healthier than ordinary mortals. Other studies indicate that men adhering to a traditional image of masculinity (hypercompetitive spirit, fear of appearing fragile) engage in behaviors that are harmful to their health, ignoring prevention, minimizing their symptoms and not going to the doctor only as a last resort.
These alarming figures have prompted the creation of institutes or charitable movements on an international scale in favor of men’s health (read Movember box below). The Anglo-American researcher Richard V. Reeves, for example, founded the American Institute for Boys and Men and is fighting to ensure that the subject is not taken over by certain political movements.
*Poor* male health: a subject taken over by masculinists
Indeed, It is mainly the members of a current known as “masculinism” who highlight the fact that men have, on certain points, less good health than women. Their goal is to move people to rally as many people as possible to their openly anti-feminist cause (nonsense in reality, read Win-win box above). The opportunity for us to break these taboos and provide you with concrete answers and the views of several specialists. Because, as Richard V. Reeves says: “Doing more for men does not mean doing less for women and girls. “
Movember, a mustache for men’s health
Every year, in November, do you wonder why you come across so many more mustachioed men? This is “Movember” (contraction of “mustache” and “november”), a fundraiser for men’s health which invites you to make your cause visible by growing a mustache.
Launched in 2003 in Australia, this wave has been sweeping across France for more than a decade. Objective: to reduce the number of premature deaths in men by a quarter by 2030 by making donations to medical research projects (prostate cancer, testicles, etc.). Register on fr.movember.com and let your mustache grow. Be careful, goatees and beards are disqualified!
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