Why Men Are So Good at Dying

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it is true. we don't.
we don't inform the public that women abuse and murder far more children than do men in American families.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm04/figure4_2.htm
The link is from our US government. And that body of politicians feels it is more important to pass sexist legislation in the form of the Violence Against Women Act (as sexist title) when hundreds of academic research projects shows conclusively that women are just as, if not more, violent than are men.
http://www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2006/may/em_060519male
The feminist propoganda machine has been running in high gear for 40 years. Now the truth is coming out, and it isn't "ginger and spice and everything nice". It is showing that women are just as vile and corrupt as are men. They are not the fairer sex at all.
And it is time that men and women are treated equally by the laws. It is time women are brought down off of their pedestals.
It is time women sign up for the draft just as men are required to do. It is time women pay their way.

David of OR 12:26AM April 15, 2008

Why are the bills that would increase funding for prostate cancer stuck in congress and the senate when most of the members of congress and the senate are male?
Its because American men are pitted against other men from a very early age,.and the Feminist movement, (which is now run on a completely anti-male platform) has exploited and actually encouraged this male-on male violence to harm the average man in virtually all family, social, judicial and career related areas. While the feminists have made an industry of "stopping violence against women" they have remained curiously silent about "stopping violence against men" Many men are killed or seriously hurt by other men who have been egged on by women.
Leaders" like Joe Biden of Delaware are among the most anti-male legislators, and the male population of Delaware does not seem to care about voting him out of office.
Try reading Time magazine or Newsweek or the NY Times - almost every issue has blatantly anti-male articles and yet men do not protest or write to the editor or rally to support other men who have the courage to stand up. In fact, many American men will try to improve their "social standing" with women by attacking men who have the c ourage to stand up to the anti-male lobby.
The anti-male lobby is intent on spreading the "fact" that compassion, decency, eacademic success and civility are the province of women, and that men are solely interested in sex and violence. Yet, American men remain silent - not a single protest or letter to the editor. Not only have these men played a role in destroying their male peers but worst of all, they have undermined the futures of their sons. You wll almost never see a letter or book or article on "Fathers speaking up for their sons" and yet there are hundreds of such articles on "Fathers and daughters"
.This sort of bizzare Oedipal behavior took root since the 1970's and now pervades the entire American political, judicial and social system system to the point of astonishing observers from abroad. Why are American men so willing to kill and maim other men and so spineless and weak when it comes to standing up to injustice against their brothers? Its no wonder that men are dying in disproportionately greater numbers.
Lets start by having each one of you write a letter objecting to anti-male bias when you see it on MSN or CNN or Time or Newsweek or any other media outlet. Have courage, develop some backbone and take back your mental and physical health.

m arnold of OH 10:12PM April 12, 2008

Are you kidding? You want government involved in your health. The same government that for thirty years now has told you to stop eating fat to reduce fat but not mentioned that carbohydrates are what induce insulin reactions, the same government that lets billion dollar companies market killing products that have less beneficial effect than old products and cost twice as much...(we call those designer euthanasia drugs), the same government that knows children are going down a rapid decline in abilities and health in direct correlation to fatherless family statistics, the same government that punishes divorcing parents with a mandated courtroom gladiator battle as a final product in family courts that is guaranteed to cause hate before theyes of the children instead of carefully monitoring intention and behavior in a different divorce format, the same governernment? That government?
I am pretty sure males can do better with just a mens data page on the web, citizen in scope with elected editors and no adverstising, some brotherly encouragement, discussions and results of puhblished research reviewed and discussed on their own. What do you know, men might begin to feel better if they talked to people (other men and women) that respected them, liked them and wasn't trying to drive them out of family life, human dignity and debase a gender. I agree that males are the new social trash trend when it comes to family paricipation and this is maintained by false and fraudulent psychology and psychiatry interests along with legal monoploies and divorce industry generated wealth.
But to ask government to save you? Get a grip, we are governemnt in the making, what we discuss gets around sooner or later. we are already on the right track, juist stay on it, forget the handouts. SL

steven of WA 5:07PM April 01, 2008

Your article on "Why Men are So Good at Diying" doesn't consider the fact that more men may not be able to afford health insurance than women. The reasons are so nebulous you simply can't lay the onus on men for not having it. For instance, if you were a father with a wife and family, say two children and you could only afford to insure three members of you family, who would you insure first?
Also, you fail to mention that our health care system is broken. I have first hand knowledge of that from enduring three serious brain operations. I almost lost sight in my left eye because a brain infection resulting from medical screw ups. It was a terrible experience and I am thoroughly mistrustful of the medical establishment for having been treated like a second class lab rat at the University of Washington and other medical institutions during this ordeal. It leaves me wondering what action would be taken if women were treated as badly as I.

Dennis K of 11:27PM March 19, 2008

I believe there should be a research organization specifically for women because women create life, without them we don't exist. My father passed away from colon cancer and he did all five of the behaviors, he didn't smoke or drink, he worked out religiously, he kept his weight down and he was not diabetic. But he did have ankylosing spodilytis in his neck vertebrae and he internalized the stress that he experienced. I don't believe cancer research, whether it be for men or women, is being adequately conducted because if researchers came up with a cure for cancer, the big insurance companies and health care providers would lose a significant amount of revenue. You get a sense for this when someone in your family dies of cancer. After all the millions of dollars that are raised, you'd think there'd be more results by now. But what men can do is be more proactive and pursue wholistic approaches that are not necesarily stamped by the FDA or medical associations as proven effective or safe. Women are generally more open minded and willing to try alternative forms of treatments, supplements, diets, etc. such as colon cleansing, the use of trampolines to create oxygen flow to body cells, wheatgrass supplements, Goji juice, and cardiovascular exercise. When you go to the gym, you see the men doing their "prison workout" all chest and arms, no legs and no treadmill. the women are in yoga and kickboxing aerobics classes and hogging all the cardio equipment. Men should take note and get smart about their health. There are definitely hardware differences, but does there really need to be a separate mens health office? I say no. Let's waste our money on something else like alternative fuel vehicles. My two cents.

Roddy of NV 2:32PM March 19, 2008

"I recognize these other issues as valid and worthy of reasoned debate and discussion, but continually expanding the scope of the discussion with inflammatory rhetoric helps no one. "
Men's health can suffer if as fathers, they are separated from their children using the force of government based on no fault divorce is not inflammatory rhetoric.
"The divisive belief that one's success comes at the expense of another cannot be the foundation for our society, politics, research or health policy."
"When Congress formed the Office on Women's Health in 1991, its goal was to improve women's health by directing and coordinating women's health research, health care services, and health education. Since then men's health advocates have been trying to create an Office of Men's Health, with the goal of duplicating the OWH's success. Yet while a new bill which will help to make the OWH's funding permanent was just passed by the House, the Men's Health Act of 2001 (H.R. 632) remains trapped in the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on health. If not rescued soon, the bill will die when the 107th Congress adjourns this fall." is not divisive.

Michael H of NY 12:28PM March 19, 2008

I am not against death. Resistance is futile, after all. I am against discomfort. Besides, I have never been dead and may find it companionable.
Medical/technical intervention against disease is unfair to all ailments. Clean living is a concession to political correctness. All decadence may be rationalized and doom is inevitable.
Keep a happy thought.

mark of poland of IN 11:21AM March 19, 2008

Can you comment on the alleged disparity between prostate and breast cancer funding? No fair-minded person would advocate cutting back funding for breast cancer, but from what I've seen, there is a disparity. I suspect it may be due to some of the issues you discuss -- men don't even like to talk about disease, especially THAT disease (or,heaven forbid, testicular cancer), much less spearhead action to combat it. But the fact that men are complacent doesn't seem like an appropriate reason for the disparity.
Also isn't it appropriate to seek funding to raise awareness in general for risk-taking men -- men are dying at higher rates than women, and if education can stem that, why shouldn't we be doing it? Men's health affects women and vice versa, so this really shouldn't be a sphere where the silly gender wars are injected.

Rufus P. of PA 11:08AM March 19, 2008

It is sad that the United State neglects men and does not treat them equally. This gender bias is destroying our children by forcing them to live in single parent home where they grow up with no father to teach them from a male role-model stand point. These children look for a father figure that is not there a ghost by getting into gangs, drugs, and crime. Young girls are 40x likely to experience teenage pregnancy. 92% of all rapists come from single parent homes. Our government is funding the breakup and destruction of families through law 666 of Title IV-D and VAWA. Both mothers and fathers need to raise their children equally.
Marcy Ganz
San Diego, CA
http://crispe.org

Marcy Ganz of CA 5:20AM March 19, 2008

Men's health can suffer if as fathers, they are separated from their children using the force of government based on no fault divorce.
Lawyers encourage mothers to make claims of abuse for tactical advantage in family courts.
"As we know we have never had a female president, (not fair!) there are only 16 female senators (that's 16% and there are 51% women in the country). "
How many of us are parents, and how many of us are Senators and Presidents?

Michael H of NY 10:29AM March 18, 2008