Gender and Health

Men and women are different. And the difference, whether real or perceived, matters. Simply put, the health status of people is often affected by whether you are male or female, as well as the gender stereotypes that are prevalent in any particular society. The past two decades have seen considerable activism by women to improve the quality of their health and health care. Recently men too have begun to draw attention to the negative implications of “maleness” for their health. Recent studies of