Point me in the right direction if I missed a thread on this.
Last week, I heard a lot on the radio about prostate cancer now overtaking breast cancer in the mortality figures, and that there should be equality of funding. Jeremy Vine even had a women on from a breast cancer fundraising charity to justify why they were doing better than the men.
Was I the only one thinking "good for us, funding research into breast cancer and attending screening, if the men want to sort prostate cancer, I'll look forward to them doing midnight walks etc."
Why did it feel like the media were saying "those women funding breast cancer research, and hogging it. They should be funding the men's research equally! IT'S NOT FAIR!"
Not to mention how, apparently, a blood test and rectal exam for screening is unacceptable to men, yet smearing lipstick is just the same as us having our cervixes scraped, and we 'fail' if we don't attend. Why is a rectal exam unacceptable for men, yet a vaginal exam ok for us? They don't even need a speculum/proctoscope for it!
Am I being unfair to think that I'm glad the issue is highlighted, and look forward to the men coming together to raise awareness, and fundraise, like we did for breast cancer?