Why do men avoid the doctor - and what might change that? Birmingham shares its thoughts - video Dailymotion

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It’s a well-known pattern—men often delay seeing a doctor. We ask people in Birmingham why they think this happens, and what could help change attitudes around men's health and getting checked early.

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00:00Probably there's a lot to do with masculinity.

00:04A lot of men, you know, are scared to go to the doctors

00:08and they need to start thinking a lot about their health.

00:12You know, that's one thing women seem to do more than what we do.

00:16You know, we need to kind of open up a bit better.

00:19I've just recently done an essay about mental health and the creative industry

00:24and it really upset me,

00:28the fact that there's not a lot of safe spaces for men.

00:32They are slow to visit the doctor because they

00:38potentially think that they're indestructible, nothing's going to affect them

00:42and it's got to get probably quite bad before they consider picking up the phone.

00:48Coming across weak, I think people don't want to come under,

00:52like, oh no, I'm not at full capacity as I could be in strength.

00:56So I think it's held back because of that reason, probably more so.

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Why do men avoid the doctor - and what might change that? Birmingham shares its thoughts

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