Getting So Tired Of Feminist Bollocks - Why Does feminised material on men's health get more attention than material aimed at men? Oh Yeah - It's Patriarchy.

KrisK_lvin · 2016-04-18T10:28:38+00:00

I tried to Google the campaigns you’re talking about, but it just came up with ads for women’s lingerie so I don’t really know what you’re referring to … however, and you may not like what I’m about to say, but it’s worth considering the following:

the majority of men are absolutely appalling at going to the doctors - they just don’t go unless it’s to the emergency room. However, they may be more likely to go if pressed to do so by a female partner - so the logic is presumably to target the men by targeting the advertising at their women;
sex sells - not an original ^edit [thought], obviously, but it’s true. So if you want to market a product, service or idea to men and boys aged 14/15 and over you could do a lot worse than put an attractive bird on the front (even gay men will understand that, even if not quite in the same way);

Men Should be in charge of thier health, not side lined by Women who take over, co-opt and control …

I don’t think that is necessarily an issue (think Allison, Karen, Hannah, Anna, Ceara, Janice, Christina etc. for instance) - though again I’ve not seen the specific ads you’re talking about so ...

Wargame4life · 2016-04-18T09:21:14+00:00

its because women consume the shitty sort of crap media platform that these drives/campaigns go on.

Men dont really spend their time watching endless cheap shite like reality tv or day time talk shows etc

Leinadro · 2016-04-18T12:32:28+00:00

The problem is the traditional male gender role meant working through the pain in order to be the provider and in return those you provide for will serve as a sort of check and balance on when a man should get help.

What needs to change is for men to be motivated to take care of their health for their own sake.

chavelah · 2016-04-18T11:28:43+00:00

If you want men to take charge of their health, then work towards that goal. Public health officials have looked at the data and concluded that possibly the best way to get a man into a doctor's office is to convince his wife that he needs to go - and so the wives get messaged to. I can't argue with the tactic, because I don't disagree with their assessment of the social dynamics of male health care.

But for young guys, living a postmom andprewife life, it would be great to develop an expectation of receiving and responding to direct messaging that they'd hopefully continue throughout their lives.

HotDealsInTexas · 2016-04-18T14:24:48+00:00

Meh, it doesn't sound any different from "Save the Tatas" during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And quite frankly, sometimes it's easier to get people to be aware of their loved ones' health than it is to get them to be aware of their own.

coke501 · 2016-04-18T09:19:26+00:00

There's money to be made. And people are that much more willing to spend money (without expecting immediate results) on poor women and girls than they are on men and boys.

Dnile1000BC · 2016-04-18T09:56:12+00:00

It is because we (as a society) allow it.

So long as we (as a society) continue to value women by their genitalia instead of the content of their character, feminists will continue to dominate the narrative in society.

baserace · 2016-04-18T10:42:58+00:00

What gets me is that they are even playing with plumbs and talking about how it can improve Ladies sex lives.

Can you put up some links?

I can't imagine groups of men telling women to get smear tests so it'll improve these men's sex lives.

Title	Getting So Tired Of Feminist Bollocks - Why Does feminised material on men's health get more attention than material aimed at men? Oh Yeah - It's Patriarchy.
Author	Imnotmrabut
Upvotes	25
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Date	April 18, 2016 9:10 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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