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Why do men avoid the doctor - and what might change that? Birmingham shares its thoughts
National World - LocalTV
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09/06/2025
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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Probably there's a lot to do with masculinity.
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A lot of men, you know, are scared to go to the doctors
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and they need to start thinking a lot about their health.
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You know, that's one thing women seem to do more than what we do.
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You know, we need to kind of open up a bit better.
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I've just recently done an essay about mental health and the creative industry
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and it really upset me,
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the fact that there's not a lot of safe spaces for men.
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They are slow to visit the doctor because they
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potentially think that they're indestructible, nothing's going to affect them
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and it's got to get probably quite bad before they consider picking up the phone.
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Coming across weak, I think people don't want to come under,
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like, oh no, I'm not at full capacity as I could be in strength.
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So I think it's held back because of that reason, probably more so.
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