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On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, fathers wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Feb 1996, Christopher Godwin wrote that Ailan wrote:
> > Might you possibly have at hand a few citations to support your statement
> > that spending on women's health far outpaces spending on men's health?
> > Ailan

One of the interesting issues that has come up in recent years is that 
research is done using predominantly male subjects.  We're expendable 
guinea pigs, but try and get your insurance company to pay a claim.

Men generally don't see a doctor during the onset of a serious infection 
because they have to work.  Michael Jackson is the ultimate example, 
working until he was within 15 minutes of dying of dehydration from a 
dysentary infection, because he felt he had to.

Women will see a doctor very early on in the process because their 
relationship to their own bodies is different.  They know that their 
physical condition is important, and are more inclined to seek medical 
attention as soon as unusual symptoms occur.

Women also put more abuse on their bodies.  Diets, high impact excercise, 
low body fat, excessive hygene, and excessive medical treatment, 
especially with antibiotics (for vaginal infections) and hormones (birth 
control pills) often cause breakdowns in the autoimmune system such as 
Candida (fungus in the bloodstream).

The net result is that the Medical Industry makes a fortune from women on 
everything from soaps and cosmetics to surgical procedures.  In many 
cases the treatment is worse than the disease.

Of course, these problems are also most common among women who use their 
physical appearance for their livelihood (strippers, cocktail waitresses, 
lovers, and "trophy wives").  Of course, when the looks fade, the woman 
is no longer capable of supporting herself and becomes "disabled".  The
cost of vanity is then thrust onto the single middle-class, post-divorce, 
male.

Congratulations guys.  Not only do you get to pay for the mother of your 
children, you also get to pay the medical bills for the ones you wanted 
but could never have.

> Christopher!  Want to get Ailan's attention?  Drop this one in her lap:
> http://idt.libery.com/~fathers9/genddiff.htm
> She wants numbers?  We'll give her numbers!

Those numbers are the tip of the ice-burg.

	Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution
	http://cnj.digex.net/~rballard



From rballard@cnj.digex.net Wed Feb  7 17:27:00 1996