[url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/men-die-earlier-but-womens-health-gets-four-times-more-funding/story-fneuzlbd-1226794504245]Welcome to the lovely country of Australia,[/url] where women get four times the funding for health projects. According to the article, one reason for the discrepancy in funding is that women are more vocal about their experiences than men are. They have the market's corner on sympathy, which in turn gets them more funding for various projects. The incessant flood of awareness campaigns for women's issues--especially breast cancer--has manipulated public perception into believing that these ailments are more prevalent than men's illnesses. It is sad that politicians, who presumably have access to this information during hearings, still decide to fund projects disproportionately. Regardless of how men feel about sharing their ailments publicly, there shouldn't be such a gap between funding for health between the sexes. Presumably, men are dying because their ailments aren't getting a proportional amount of government funding. Obviously, this is a pretty shocking and disgusting issue that should be addressed by the Australian populace. Well Australians, do you guys have a high enough political drive to make this happen? Or are you just a bunch of [i]Americans[/i]? inb4massiveflamewaronirreleventtopics Edit: Just read Seggi's thing.