I already mention breast cancer in an earlier post on this thread but for centuries it was white man only who were admitted into medical studies, who’s symptoms were taken into account when women can have the same issue but different symptoms. I mean I could go on and on and go find the stats but there are so many examples, if you are truly interested, you can google it yourself.
Just google the differences between IUD insertions and vasectomies. Google how they handled completely differently. Women have their cervix forced open, a foreign objected stuck into their uterus and are given no pain management. Women have a baby and are sent home the next day with some Tylenol. Men get a vasectomy and get a whole care package sent home with them. They get medication beforehand they get anxiety medication. They get pain medication afterwards and they are plenty of men on this board who could testify that a vasectomy is not that bad.
Or look at stats for heart attacks if you want to compare apples to apples. Women have different symptoms yet the only ones promoted to look out for are the symptoms men have. So many women don’t even know they have had a heart attack because they don’t know the symptoms that are for women.
I could go on and on but you should do some googling on it. There is plenty of info. And then if you find the difference in medicine for men and women interesting, start looking at the difference in medicine between white people and people of colour. It will blow your mind.
I agree with many / actually pretty much all of your points about women’s health, however I think you might be mistaken about pre and post vasectomy pain relief. For me sedation=none, no anxiety meds, local anesthesia, which was fine until doc says “I’m frying your vas” , felt a bit like my left nut was being pulled to my knee, while getting kicked in the solar plexus, severely unpleasant, but mostly brief. Post op pain relief is Tylenol/ Advil grabbed from shoppers on the way home and an ice pack. Back to work the next day (thankfully tho was doing mostly desk work, so I could ice my nards while working on the computer).
Now, I actually feel that all of the above was entirely appropriate given the reasonably expected, pretty unpleasant, yet temporary pain lasting (and gradually declining) for a week of so after. But no sedation, no “care package” . The guys that get the “care package” get snipped at a private clinic and pay hundreds out of pocket to feel like they are getting concierge level service, and to get scheduled asap, without being on a wait list . Most of the “care package” is useless stuff.