Health Minister Marjorie Michel says Canada needs to take action on men’s health, as she launched the first step toward a national strategy today.
The federal government is seeking feedback from people across the country, starting March 2.
Michel says the consultations are important to help the government understand the priorities as it looks to tackle the issues that lead men to poor health outcomes.
Data released by Movember Canada last summer shows men are three times more likely than women to die by suicide, and are less likely to ask doctors for help with a range of symptoms.
Movember has called for Canada to launch such a strategy, and is an independent partner in the work.
Michel made today’s announcement along with colleagues from other political parties, and says the issue is a non-partisan one.
Ha yes! Let’s throw money at a problem that is very little but have been blown out by the conservatives and other right wing fringe and, in the same time, let’s forget that women suffer way more
Why not just provide mental health services to people regardless of gender? Why even bring gender into it?
Also, where is this data? Global unhelpfully, as usual, just says that it’s been released. Where? Why not link to it?Most of it is from statcan and the rest is from ngo’s, published papers and … the CDC?
This. Fix the problems, regardless of gender.
(Interestingly enough I’ve been accused of sexism or similar for suggesting the same thing when the genders are swapped. Interesting how things work)
I do think we need to make concerted efforts to address both types of gender-coded stigma that prevent men, women and nonbinary folks from seeking help with mental health. Phrases like “man up” or “you should just tough it out” for men, versus “don’t make a fuss” or “you’re being hysterical” for women are similarly harmful, but each deserve individual intervention, attention and care.
but each deserve individual intervention, attention and care.
That’s the important part.
One size does not fit all when it comes to mental health services (or a lot of other things for that matter).
Men and women (and LBGTQ+ people) all have different mental health challenges and deserve mental health services that are tailored to each group’s specific needs.
Yeah. It isn’t a zero sum game. Both genders need targeted approaches for our unique problems.
There better be something about regulating toxic social media platforms cough cough
The problem is much older than toxic social media.
