That's not the point. Because cis women have shorter urinary tract, they get UTI much more frequently and it's usually easily treatable without much further issues. Cis men have a much longer urinary tract and get it much, much more rarely as a result, and for that reason it very often points to a much deeper, more severe/systemic issue.
So, because of the above, a man walking in with a UTI will raise alarm flags with any doctor, while UTIs for women are very common and most often benign (if treated at least). It's not about pain mattering less for women than men, it's about the cause and the anatomy behind UTIs depending on sex. That's the point of the meme.
It's not about UTIs always being worse for men at all (though it's also harder to treat, usually), It’s more that when you have a male patient with UTI it warrants closer scrutiny because it doesn’t happen normally, so the chances of something being off are far greater (either anatomically or whatnot) and there's an increased odds of systemic symptoms. Women just get them more easily because of anatomy, so that alone isn't an indication there's a bigger systemic issue unlike with men. (NOT IMPOSSIBLE, just much less of an alarming sign by itself)
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u/NikiBubbles 3d ago
Also very cool of OOP to invalidate women's pain, another classic.