plumquat t1_j20sz3k wrote
Reply to comment by ExtremePrivilege in TIL that on average women live five years longer than men, and that by age 85 around 67% of the population is female in the US. by Successful-Depth-235
The biggest health risk for men is heart failure. And men with higher T have increased risk for heart attack and stroke.
Very few men are roofers. Or deep sea fisherman, Most men work in an office or retail setting. Most jobs are not building the Hoover dam.
Twice as many men own guns. I'm emotionally intelligent enough to understand that I've been depressed before and probably shouldn't have easy access to a gun.
And media plays a role in loneliness. Masculinity is played for joining the military vets have a high suicide rate from gun death. My uncle.
Masculinity is also played for adjusting identity to political party. It has self isolating messaging to make men more available to consume more propaganda. It sort of subverts group identity. It's more efficient if there's less people to bounce it off of.
And then our technology is isolating us. In the 90's everyone knew each other. We walked around outside. And we had meeting places where our friends were.
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