Ends and Odds: The Problems of Men by Dave Jaffe. Part Two

    The Problems of Men. Part Two by Dave Jaffe




   Here's other reasons why men are dying so quickly and far more often than women.
    Once upon a time I wanted to write a book called 'Why Men Climb Everest and Women Don't'. Yet times changed and to-day some women do climb Everest. Still, far more men risk their lives doing dangerous things than women do. Every year several men die in skiing accidents by skiing in out-of-bounds areas for instance.
    In many countries women volunteer for the armed forces. Yet most armies anywhere are chockfull of men, not women. Men are also far more likely to work at dangerous jobs. They drive trucks, build homes, drill oil wells, dangle dangerously from sky high cranes and glide over cities in helicopters. These are acts that kill many men every year. Of course women nowadays do these things too. Yet far more men take up these tasks than women.
      Men are also far more likely to use opioids than women. So they made up most of the 4,000 opioid users who died in Canada in 2017. "The majority of opioid users are men," one B.C. health care worker said. "That's true in Vancouver and in other places too."
     We must save men from premature death, deadly diseases and criminal activity. I'm no expert so I don't know how to carry out such a task. Yet one thing I know: Saving men is just as important as saving women. All people's lives matter.