It is notable that men visit doctors less often, but this neglect comes at a cost.
According to the Ministry of Health, for every three people who die in Brazil, two are men, and only diseases in the circulatory system and neoplasms (tumors) are responsible for more than 40% of deaths.
While in the pandemic, the male mortality rate from Covid-19 has been much higher: about two-thirds of deaths in the world are men, despite the fact that the infection rate between genders is similar, as pointed out by a survey released by Global Health. 50/50 in July.
Virility, fear of disease and taboo with the body
For some time, people have sought to understand the reasons for male behavior in relation to health. A study carried out by researchers from the Fernandes Figueira Institute, from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, identified, among men of different levels of education, that, in addition to cultural ties, such as the imagery of “virility”, other barriers that keep men away from consultations would be the fear of discovering a serious illness and the shame of exposing the body.
lack of awareness
Of course, this social view is still heavily influenced by a society that does not disclose actions related to men’s health. Besides the prostate cancer campaign, what else do you know about?
While the female audience has campaigns on breast cancer, uterus, pregnancy, vaccination campaigns for the HPV virus, for example, men tend to be “put aside” or just less remembered in this sense.
The ideal, and fairer in society, would be for the number of campaigns to be the same, or at least similar, as this would make going to the doctor something more common, and, in the future, would lead to a general awareness of the world in relation to the prejudices that men have. and women have, such as virility, for example, which places the male human being as superior and invincible, when, in fact, his health is so fragile and deserves the same care as a woman.
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