Sex and Doctors: Why Young Men Don’t Go
Recently guest posted at mascmag.com (“a space for young men to explore how masculinity affects their lives”):
One of the greatest stereotypes about men is that they hate going to the doctor, especially when it comes to sex. The recent Toronto Teen Survey on sexual health backs this up: in Toronto, young women are twice as likely to access sexual health services than men. What’s the story here?
In general, Toronto youth aren’t accessing sexual health care. The survey, which included more than 1200 teens from all around the city, shows that 83 percent of youth have never visited a clinic or doctor for any sexual health reason. This included 42 percent of sexually active youth.
This is an issue because in Canada, sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates are , and in Toronto rates for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphillis have been on the rise since 2001. These increasing rates of STIs are a sign of potential increases in HIV incidence among viagra for sale. To reverse this trend, young men and women need better sex ed and more visits to sexual health services.
So why the gender divide? Can we just chalk it up to “men don’t like going to the doctor,” or is there something more here? sales online viagra
