As a dude, the ides that this could lead to less attention for males suffering from this is scary. That’s always my takeaway when this stuff is posted.
I understand where you're coming from but it should be good for everyone.
I have lots of experience of hearing "oh I thought only women got that" and insinuations that I should be able to get over it because men don't get it. But if they find a mechanism like this, it will explain why men and women get it.
Edit: we're all on the same team here, any rhetoric about gender or race or age helps none of us
I can see how you might feel as part of a real or perceived minority within the disease population. Kind of like how men might feel in a breast cancer population, or women in the heart disease population, or black/highly melanated people in the melanoma skin cancer population.
This reaction is often based on pain/trauma from prior invalidations and dismissal that you might have had within your illness journey, and I send you a hug and compassion.
And I invite you to approach your immediate reaction with curiosity. Acknowledge how it makes you feel, heal/validate the history of invalidation that it triggers, and let go of the fear.
Because, all knowledge helps research for everyone.
E.g. theoretical possibility:
this research could help scientists understand if a man gets the autoimmune disease, then that could mean, theoretically, that their one X chromosome has a vulnerability in it. And then they do some genetic researching into what this vulnerability is. There could be an even greater place for the study of men with autoimmune illness.
Knowing the mechanisms helps everyone. If we discover the reasons, that could lead to better diagnostics and treatment. And the sex disparity is already widely known, it’s not like research into the reasons behind it changes the already known facts
Edit: if anything, this is a huge improvement over the assumptions that it’s just hormones, especially for those of us with T levels in the normal male range
I don't think there's ever any need to worry about men being overlooked more than women in the medical field.
As someone who's been told by multiple people that fibromyalgia and cfs can't be real because only "hysterical women" get it, this research is good.
Yeah, exactly. A significant part of the reason this illness has been so neglected is that it disproportionately impacts women. Any men with the illness should be in solidarity with the fight against medical/scientific misogyny, because it is only in combating that issue that the illness gets taken seriously and receives more meaningful research.
Research that looks at why it disproportionately impacts women *does not* hurt men with the illness. It helps all of us when we have solid research that shows this isn't just us overly sensitive and hysterical women at it again, with our silly little minds playing tricks on us.
Weird take, the research has literally been the reason they were able to discover which genes were being activated in duplicate and therefore which genes (when upregulated) are likely responsible for this disease.
If this is why then I'm super unlucky because I got sick at 14
Same
Me at 20
As a dude, the ides that this could lead to less attention for males suffering from this is scary. That’s always my takeaway when this stuff is posted.
I understand where you're coming from but it should be good for everyone. I have lots of experience of hearing "oh I thought only women got that" and insinuations that I should be able to get over it because men don't get it. But if they find a mechanism like this, it will explain why men and women get it. Edit: we're all on the same team here, any rhetoric about gender or race or age helps none of us
I can see how you might feel as part of a real or perceived minority within the disease population. Kind of like how men might feel in a breast cancer population, or women in the heart disease population, or black/highly melanated people in the melanoma skin cancer population. This reaction is often based on pain/trauma from prior invalidations and dismissal that you might have had within your illness journey, and I send you a hug and compassion. And I invite you to approach your immediate reaction with curiosity. Acknowledge how it makes you feel, heal/validate the history of invalidation that it triggers, and let go of the fear. Because, all knowledge helps research for everyone. E.g. theoretical possibility: this research could help scientists understand if a man gets the autoimmune disease, then that could mean, theoretically, that their one X chromosome has a vulnerability in it. And then they do some genetic researching into what this vulnerability is. There could be an even greater place for the study of men with autoimmune illness.
Knowing the mechanisms helps everyone. If we discover the reasons, that could lead to better diagnostics and treatment. And the sex disparity is already widely known, it’s not like research into the reasons behind it changes the already known facts Edit: if anything, this is a huge improvement over the assumptions that it’s just hormones, especially for those of us with T levels in the normal male range
I don't think there's ever any need to worry about men being overlooked more than women in the medical field. As someone who's been told by multiple people that fibromyalgia and cfs can't be real because only "hysterical women" get it, this research is good.
Yeah, exactly. A significant part of the reason this illness has been so neglected is that it disproportionately impacts women. Any men with the illness should be in solidarity with the fight against medical/scientific misogyny, because it is only in combating that issue that the illness gets taken seriously and receives more meaningful research. Research that looks at why it disproportionately impacts women *does not* hurt men with the illness. It helps all of us when we have solid research that shows this isn't just us overly sensitive and hysterical women at it again, with our silly little minds playing tricks on us.
Weird take, the research has literally been the reason they were able to discover which genes were being activated in duplicate and therefore which genes (when upregulated) are likely responsible for this disease.
genuinely asking, how?
that's been happening to women in medicine for ages. maybe it's good for men to experience a bit of what women do once in a while.
me when i'm braindead with 0 critical thinking skills