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Independence and invulnerability - coping strategies
Standards of masculinity can not only create stress in themselves for some men, they can also limit these men's abilities to relieve stress. Men and women have different ways that they appraise stressful situations and cope with them. Some men appraise situations using the schema of what is an acceptable masculine response rather than what is objectively the best response.
Men are limited to a certain range of "approved" responses and coping strategies. Because of this limiting schema, men may not cope with stress as effectively as women cope with stress. Women tend to break down, let their emotions out, and discuss their stress with a friend. Afterwards, they feel better. Men have limited options for coping with stress. This can result in internalizing the stress and not dealing with it which only leads to the stress building up inside and effect health.
Other articles from the section: Mens health risks
Risk-taking
Men, significantly more so than women, tend to drink and drive, not to wear a seat belt, to be aggressive and fight, to drive fast and dangerously. Men are also more likely to be involved in a homicide, to be involved in a motor vehicle accident and other accidents. Men are in fact three times more likely to die of accidents than females. Men make up 93% of workplace deaths. While many argue that this is because dangerous jobs like mining are dominated by men, others argue ...Section: Mens health risks
Risk-taking - media encouragement
According to Arran Stibbe, men's health problems and behaviors can be linked to the socialized gender role of men in our culture. In exploring magazines, he found that they promote traditional masculinity. The magazine celebrates "male" things such as liking guns, fast cars, and fast women and reading pornography regularly. In the magazine several "ideal" men are promoted. The problem: all these men have health risks. The bodybuilder image that is ...Section: Mens health risks
Independence and invulnerability
Men are significantly less likely to visit their physicians to receive preventive health care examinations. Men make 134.5 million less physician visits than American women each year - making only 40.8% of all physician visits. A quarter of the men who are 45 to 60 do not have a personal physician. Men fail ...Section: Mens health risks
