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Oct 11, 2006 09:32

An October 10th article in the UK's Daily Mail begins with the statement "We all know men and women speak a different language when it comes to love and housework, but when we're ill, doctors treat us the same." While this point is arguable, the article's point about women being treated as slightly smaller men is valid. As previously noted in ( Read more... )

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Comments 7

poeticalpanther October 11 2006, 13:59:00 UTC

Yah, this is one I've been ranting about for some time. Why is it that doctors who specialise in men's reproductive systems are called "urologists" (people who deal with urinary-area stuff), while those who specialise in women's repro are "gynaecologists" - or "women-doctors". It reinforces the idea that women are men with some other bits stuck in, and that the only difference between men and women is that - reproductive. Which, as you've shown repeatedly here, is (ahem) bullshit.

coderlemming October 12 2006, 00:42:18 UTC

It's especially whacky because the exact opposite is closer to the truth, that, physically speaking, everyone starts off in the womb closer to female, and then men differentiate.

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differenceblog October 11 2006, 17:40:23 UTC

Bwahaha!

Whoopsie. Better fix that.

detonate_for_me October 11 2006, 15:13:31 UTC

Drink red wine. Or even beer. They both lower your bad cholesterol and help raise your good cholesterol.

I'm not at all surprised about the cholesterol drugs' effects.

Random thoughts... djinnthespazz December 29 2006, 23:44:18 UTC

found that 70% of genes in the liver, where drugs are processed, are expressed differently between men and women.

I wonder if this has to do with filtering for two (or more) during gestation?

Makes me think of toxemia and the RH factors.

Re: Random thoughts... differenceblog December 29 2006, 23:57:18 UTC

That wouldn't surprise me at all, but I can't speak to it directly. While it bothers me that so much of the female design seems to be focused around being a walking uterus (damn sexist evolution!) it does seem that it works out that way an awful lot.

Re: Random thoughts... djinnthespazz December 30 2006, 00:05:22 UTC

can't speak to it directly

Nor can I. Just charting the impressions.