WHY MEN DIE FIRST HOW TO LENGTHEN YOUR LIFESPAN
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WHY MEN DIE FIRST
HOW TO LENGTHEN
YOUR LIFESPAN
Marianne J. Legato
It’s time to talk about men—and in a whole new way, paying
close attention to unique male qualities, particularly those that
explain why at all ages, men die in greater numbers than women
do. Since the time I was a medical student, I never once remem-
ber anyone asking why this is true; as one man said to
me recently, “I never thought about why. I thought it was a
given.”
If it’s true that men rule the world, it comes at a heavy cost.
Women survive and live almost a decade longer. It’s time to ask
about the nature of men’s vulnerabilities. Are they biological, that
is, inbuilt and unalterable, or a function of the roles men play and
how they play them? Men are trained not to complain, to shrug off
pain and injury, and never, never refuse to do the most dangerous
and difficult tasks required to keep societies stable. It turns out that
these elements, too, contribute to premature death.
HOW TO LENGTHEN
YOUR LIFESPAN
Marianne J. Legato
It’s time to talk about men—and in a whole new way, paying
close attention to unique male qualities, particularly those that
explain why at all ages, men die in greater numbers than women
do. Since the time I was a medical student, I never once remem-
ber anyone asking why this is true; as one man said to
me recently, “I never thought about why. I thought it was a
given.”
If it’s true that men rule the world, it comes at a heavy cost.
Women survive and live almost a decade longer. It’s time to ask
about the nature of men’s vulnerabilities. Are they biological, that
is, inbuilt and unalterable, or a function of the roles men play and
how they play them? Men are trained not to complain, to shrug off
pain and injury, and never, never refuse to do the most dangerous
and difficult tasks required to keep societies stable. It turns out that
these elements, too, contribute to premature death.
