maybe men are just whiny...

theseldomscene · Banned Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817

hey i read this just now and forgot once again to get the name of the site to give them credit whether good or bad...but i did find some of the things intersting, if they are true...

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75 per cent of suicides in the UK are by men.
(but one can understand that...i mean we are talking about the uk and all).. Smile

Older men have the highest suicide rate in the UK.

Men make up 96 per cent of the UK prison population.
Men are more likely to be given custodial sentences than women for the same offence.
58 per cent of remand prisoners have been assessed as having mental health problems.
39 per cent of sentenced prisoners have been assessed as having mental health problems.

Family

The breakdown of families also has an impact on the lives of young boys. Delegates at a seminar organised by the Home Office (1999) heard how boys who had no contact with their fathers were more likely to be violent, get hurt, get into trouble and do less well at school.

A recent study confirmed that there is a significant link between the level of involvement by fathers and a boy being in trouble with the police. The study found that 35 per cent of boys with little or no involvement with their father had offended, compared to 18 per cent of boys with a highly involved father. Highly involved fathers emerged as a major factor in boys’ general wellbeing. A caring, emotionally supportive father seems to protect boys against depression or suicidal thoughts.

Education

Research has shown that when boys and girls are misbehaving equally, boys receive more frequent and severe penalties. Boys, particularly low-achievers, receive eight to ten times more reprimands than their female classmates. These reprimands are more likely to occur in front of classmates, whereas girls are more likely to be taken aside to be reprimanded.

Mothers are more likely to kill their sons than their daughters.(i cannot express how happy i am to be alive Smile

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Here is a typical example of health funding bias in favour of women:

A Man diagnosed with prostate cancer has only one-quarter of the cash spent on research into his disease compared to the amount devoted to a woman’s breast cancer.

Every year about 34,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer while 27,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. There are also similar numbers of deaths from the diseases — 13,000 women die from breast cancer while 10,000 men die from prostate cancer.

The government-funded Medical Research Council (MRC) shows the same bias as direct state spending on research. The latest figures available from the MRC, which are for 2001, show that it spent £4.8m on breast cancer and less than £500,000 on prostate cancer.

i just thought it was kind of intersting...wanted to see what others thought about it if anything... Very Happy

atoz · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: maybe men are just whiny...

luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1132 Location: US

TSS:

theseldomscene · Banned Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817

good question...it was not till recently that it was even taught in cpr classes how to regconize heart attacks in women, as they often show different symptoms then men...

my real dad died at 59....though he did not die from heart disease, he did have 3...THREE...heart attacks and did not even know he had the first one until he had the second one some years later.....but they say he did not eat the most heathily...iow's...EVERYTHING...fried...

Rolling Eyes

eleven · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject:

In all fairness to the ladies.........

Men get paid more than women for doing the same job.

Often insurance companies will cover the cost of Viagra, but birth control pills are not covered.

Women typically end up paying much more for a new car than do men.

In recent studies, it has been shown that teachers in classrooms are guilty of gender bias, meaning they will call on male students and encourage them to speak more than they will female students.

In a marriage situation, it is proven that men reap more benefits (speaking health, and emotional support) as do women who typically work twice as hard as men do.

I think it all depends on what studies you are looking at, but the bottom line is, relationships today are a far cry from what God intended.......IMOHO.

atoz · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject:

theseldomscene · Banned Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817

thanks...i am really looking forward to the mass...i mean...after dealing with the baptist...can't be much worse Wink

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luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1132 Location: US

Eleven:

theseldomscene · Banned Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817

don't blame you a bit luv...i would have too...then drove it to see the jerk...smiling...

MoJo · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:05 am Post subject:

I wouldn't let my hubby buy our last car; he's hopeless. I did it and got a great deal Exclamation

eleven · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject:

I've never had a brand new car in my life, and probably never will. Only because it really grinds my gears to drive off the lot and have immediate depreciation on the stupid thing. Mad

theseldomscene · Banned Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817

if i ever get rich i am going to buy you a new car...which prolly means you will never get one... Laughing

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luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1132 Location: US

[quote="theseldomscene"]good question...it was not till recently that it was even taught in cpr classes how to regconize heart attacks in women, as they often show different symptoms then men...

I'm sorry to hear about your loss too TSS.

I just thought of something else... I recently took a CPR class too to renew my certification. I recall discussing the difference in symptoms between men and women but I do not recall any different instructions about the CPR itself.

What I'm getting at is it may be a little more difficult to administer CPR to a woman who is...well, let's see, how can I phrase this delicately....gifted.

I do remember being told about a woman who pursued a lawsuit against her 'good samaritan' as he had to loosen some of her clothing to be able to administer life-saving CPR. My goodness! I'd get over my shyness in a hurry if it's a choice between someone seeing my bra or me dying.

I wondered, however, after reading your intro on this thread why so many men in the UK choose death over life. That is mind-boggling and so sad. There are many disparities in the way men are treated vs the way women are treated. Some mistreatment is aimed at men, some is aimed at women. And we haven't even begun to discuss the racial issues many contend with.

It will be good when there is neither male or female, greek or jew, slave or free when we are all treated with universal equality.

It's amazing that there are all these studies done that prove the devestating effects of our actions both for ourselves and our offspring but nothing really changes for the better as a result of their findings.

Did that article say why so many men in the UK kill themselves or why mothers are more likely to kill their sons than their daughters? In some countries, girls are born less-than and killed at birth just because they happen to be born female.

Crazy world we live in, eh?

Rolling Eyes

Luv

theseldomscene · Banned Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817

eleven · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

luv wrote: