I'm sick of all this PC shit!!

**MikeT** · 19th-January-2008

I happened to turn the TV on this morning to get the weather forecast on Teletext, there was a discussion on TV One about how women aren't coming forward for breast and cervical cancer tests, and yes, it was on a Maori programme, the new charter here makes sure that "minorities" like Maori (of which I am one btw) women get first priority, when the news has to go out about issues like cancer.
Well, women are not taking up the multi-million dollar health services that are thrown at them?
Why is it then that such lip service is paid to men here in this country, indeed the world over, when women can pick and choose wether or not they use the FREE health services provided for them.
I'm about to shoot an e-mail off to the Ministry of (Womens) Health here, this sucks, mens health doesn't matter a shit here and they wonder why men die so young and we pay the lion share of tax.
I'll keep you posted as to the reply, if any, that I recieve.

BTW, we never did hear how much Movember raised, perhaps it was thrown into the big pool?

**Percy** · 19th-January-2008

Well I guess the relevant department will conclude that they have no choice but to throw more money into the program.

**MikeT** · 19th-January-2008

Message sent:

Hello there,
I've just had a look at your website, this was prompted by a segment I saw on TV One this morning about the fact that women in NZ are not taking up breast cancer checks.

Now I might be wrong, but your website does not even mention Mens Health in any way that I can see, there is a lot about minorities and womens health, but nothing that explicitly states Male Health.
Men in this country are needlessly dying of preventable cancers like testicular, melanoma and prostate cancer, and I believe that this is a slap in the face, when you consider that the lions share of taxes in this country are paid by men.

Where are the Mens health campaigns?, I seem to remember last October with the Breast Cancer month, there were campaigns plastered all over the TV and in print media.

Come November when it was Movember, all we had on TV was a few "quirky" news stories, men had to grow a moustache to bring Mens health to everyones attention, why did the MOH not support any effort to do with Movember or mens health in general?
Why is Mens health not subsidised in the same way that womens health is.
I thought we had equality in this country?

I look forward to your reply,

Mike T.