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Can we get healthier outcomes from Aussie men? : Comments

By Peter West, published 13/1/2009

We must congratulate the Rudd Government for bringing a men’s health policy to the fore.

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Once all side streets were turned into obstacle courses with speed humps and chicanes, 4WDs were the logical result for city driving.

Having said that, I find them annoying because they are very safe vehicles for those who travel in them, and deadly dangerous for those in collisions with them (pedestrians and lower height cars) and those who cant see ahead or through them when turning (Isn't that why they banned super dark window tinting?).

I predict once 4WDs make up at least 4 of every 5 vehicles, monster trucks will make an appearance.
Posted by Houellebecq, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 2:38:24 PM
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Houellebecq

Ha, ha, great idea, put everyone into a Hyundai Getz so you don't feel inadequate.

What views do you have on the subject article concerning the government's health initiative for men?
Posted by Cornflower, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 9:24:10 PM
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'What views do you have on the subject article concerning the government's health initiative for men?'

Yawn. As with all government 'initiatives'.

The issue of 4WDs is much more interesting.

Actually the only note I would make is that I see a patronising tone whenever mens health is discussed.
Posted by Houellebecq, Thursday, 15 January 2009 9:18:20 AM
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Houellebecq "Actually the only note I would make is that I see a patronising tone whenever mens health is discussed."

Ah, but this time it will go one better with men being at fault for their own ill-health. They will be admonished to maintain more healthy lifestyles and to an extent that is a good thing. However there would be a scream of outrage if the government's only response to breast cancer and women's health issues was a brochure, 'Go and do better, or change your genes'.

It is a slap in the face for men that the federal government has not appointed an eminent man to head the initiative. There is no doubt whatsoever that men have been socialised not to expect support and to carry their own pain and injury. It is absolutely crucial to have credible, practical male leadership to have any hope of change. Nicola Roxon would have to have been a recent arrival from another planet not to be aware of this. It has been a consistent finding after all.

So where is the Major-General Stretton or the Jeff Kennett to take up the reins of leadership? How 'real' is Kevin Rudd when he doesn't think the task requires more than a questionnaire (doubtless the results and solutions are already to hand) and brochures (the health bureaucrats already knew what was needed) exhorting men to get their act together.
Posted by Cornflower, Thursday, 15 January 2009 4:35:55 PM
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Good!
TOo much commentry about men's health falls into the the convenient trap of "blaming the victim".

Meen need support, not criticism.
Posted by partTimeParent, Monday, 19 January 2009 11:13:23 AM
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Well, there you go, I would have though men would have picked this up and run with it, men's health historically receiving the paucity of funding that it does.

Then again, maybe men have become so used to getting the short end of the stick that they accept it as their lot.

That is a pity because there are many, many women and children who would like their husbands and dads to be around for a fit and healthy old age and even a bit more attention to regular health screening could help with that.
Posted by Cornflower, Thursday, 22 January 2009 6:54:01 AM
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