This is saddening, and maddening, and leaves me shaking my head in disbelief.
This sentence: "When the woman was the patient, the rate was 20.8 percent compared to 2.9 percent when the man was the patient," just makes me want to scream.
The reasons do make sense. As women, we indeed tend to be more natural caregivers. But the disparity in numbers just stuns me.
Thanks so much for this post. I'm sure it's an eye-opener to many.
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Lynette,
This is saddening, and maddening, and leaves me shaking my head in disbelief.
This sentence: "When the woman was the patient, the rate was 20.8 percent compared to 2.9 percent when the man was the patient," just makes me want to scream.
The reasons do make sense. As women, we indeed tend to be more natural caregivers. But the disparity in numbers just stuns me.
Thanks so much for this post. I'm sure it's an eye-opener to many.
November 20, 2009 - 9:10amThis Comment
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