Health

• STATISTICS:

  • Women have longer life expectancies than men, 82 years compared to men's 78 average. However, this gap is closing
  • Men are more likely to suffer from heart disease cancer and HIV
  • Men are twice as likely to die in accidents as women (think “joy riding”)
  • Men are 3 times more likely to commit suicide
• Men are 3 times more likely to commit suicide
• Men are twice as likely to die in accidents as women (think “joy riding”)
• Women have longer life expectancies than men, 82 years compared to men's 78 average. However, this gap is closing
• Men are more likely to suffer from heart disease cancer and HIV
• Taylor & Field

  • Men are more likely to be addicted to alcohol and drugs which can lead to a greater risk of certain diseases like types of cancer. It also increases the likeliness of suicide which is the most common cause of death amongst young men.
• Which sociologist talks about the higher amounts of addiction with drugs and alcohol for men leading to suicide and illnesses?

  Taylor & Field
• Lyng

  • Young males are more likely to engage in risky behaviour which makes them more at risk from accidental deaths. — links to drug use
• Which sociologist mentions how men are more likely to engage in risky behaviour?

  Lyng
• Women in the UK use health services more. Sociologists believe this is the case because boys have been socialised into thinking they should be independent and able to put up with pain.
• Seligman

  There is a “Learnt helplessness” where it is more socially acceptable for women to admit they are ill than men. However, this figure is distorted as women have to use the NHS more through pregnancy.
• Which sociologist talks about the "learnt helplessness" men have not been socialised to have around their own health?

  Seligman
• Winlow

  • argues that risk-taking behaviour is increasing for girls as they are joining boys in binge drinking and violence eg ladette culture
• Which sociologist argues that girls health is also beginning to decline because of Ladette culture?

  Winlow
• Which sociologists give reasons for why men's health is worse than women's?

  1. Taylor & Field - addictions to alcohol and drugs
  2. Lyng - engage in more risky behaviour
  3. Seligman - learnt helplessness