Why Men Are So Good at Dying

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

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 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

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