In Italy there’s a meme (at least on Facebook) according to which men are more likely than women to complain about minor health problems. I disagree, but being male myself I might be biased about that.
That’s actually a meme in the US, as well. However, there’s likewise a meme that men refuse to go to the hospital. I’m going with the latter, given that the CDC reports that men go to the doctor about 75% as often as women.
My female co-worker says that men are always ill and are aggravating minor health problems. She also steadily complains about her own health and has spent more time off-work for health reasons than anybody else in the department last year (no chronic disease, repeated instances of common cold or, at worst, influenza).
Needless to say, I don’t trust similar gender-related memes.
In Italy there’s a meme (at least on Facebook) according to which men are more likely than women to complain about minor health problems. I disagree, but being male myself I might be biased about that.
That’s actually a meme in the US, as well. However, there’s likewise a meme that men refuse to go to the hospital. I’m going with the latter, given that the CDC reports that men go to the doctor about 75% as often as women.
Men get sick less often than women, but worse. That’s part of the reason for this phenomenom. No referencew provided; on phone.
My female co-worker says that men are always ill and are aggravating minor health problems. She also steadily complains about her own health and has spent more time off-work for health reasons than anybody else in the department last year (no chronic disease, repeated instances of common cold or, at worst, influenza).
Needless to say, I don’t trust similar gender-related memes.