Where Is Palin on Women's Health Issues?

The emphasis upon women's health issues acts to the detriment of men

I concur wholeheartedly with fatesrider's comments about the overemphasis which American culture places upon women's health. Typically, the chasm which exists between male and female life expectancy has been explained away disengenuously as wired-in "biological" differences between the genders. The truth is that for many centuries both men and women could anticipate living lives of similar, if brutally short, lengths. It was not until the late 19th century that women began living longer than men, and within just a few decades pulled ahead to the 7-8 years of extra living which women continue to enjoy to this date.

Obama and infanticide

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If Gwen Iffil had asked a question to Palin about abortion, Palin could have easily pivoted to Obama's votes on Born Alive legislation in Illinois in which he essentially defended infanticide. Obama is probably even more vulnerable on abortion than Palin; perhaps Iffil knew this and avoided asking the question to try to prevent Palin from being able to attack Obama on his greatest vulnerability. Americans may be torn on abortion, but infanticide against abortion survivors is entirely a different story.

The rape kit policy begun under Mayor Palin

You refer to the poicy that left rape victims having to pay for their rape kits as being "on the books when Palin was mayor there." Recently, that seems to be the spin that is showing up in sudrie discussions.

It was not "on the books" when Palin became mayor. Up until then, the Wasilla PD paid for rape kits. Palin canned him and hired a Chief who stopped paying for the cost of rape kits.

It's not WOMEN'S health issues I'm concerned about

As bad as this sounds, there are no "women's health issues".

There is much ado in society about women's health which, in my opinion is already more than adequately addressed. This isn't to say things can't be made better, but the simple and glaring fact is that women live longer than men. A LOT longer. An average 10% longer.

Where is the hue and cry about this discrepancy in men's health? Why aren't there more headlines, investigations, studies and research into this? Why are women so concerned about their health (women are usually considerably more health conscious than men) when their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons are destined to live, on average 7 to 8 years less time than their female relations?

Why is it socially acceptable for men to die younger?

I'm afraid I can't get too worked up about women's health issues. The whole rape kit charging thing (a reprehensible practice, charging a victim for the tools used to investigate the crime against them) is a legal issue, not health, and should be addressed in that venue. But for every HEALTH other issue, why don't we have a 10K run for Prostate Cancer (which kills more men than all other cancers and FIVE TIMES MORE MEN than women who die from breast cancer)? Why are the national organizations promoting men's health and awareness so marginalized? Why is a man who stays home sick made to feel like a slacker while a woman can call in sick every month on a regular basis?

Tell you what... When our life expectancies are each on par with the other gender, and when society in general promotes health awareness equally, then we can talk about addressing specific women's health issues. Until then, it's a non-issue for me.

Womens Health Issues

As a Christian and a father of a daughter who experienced a teen pregnancy, I am against abortion. However, it is not my calling in life to ridicule anyone who makes that chose for themselves. What disturbs me about the Repubilcans and Sarah Palin is there hypocricy. The reason we don't know about her beleifs on women's issues, or for that matter many other issues, is because they are counter to the beliefs of the majority of Americans. Therefore, to tell the truth about what she really believes may gain her respect, but will not get there party elected. So to constantly use the mantra of "straight talk," is infact deceit or a lie, whichever you prefer.