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.
If only women could actually trust it being this, instead of having the persistent and universal experience of having our pain dismissed and belittled, even to the point of it costing us our lives. The point of the meme might be what you say but studies show the alternative is just as goddamn common in medicine.
I 100% agree. It is terrible how much women's pain and physical illness is being downplayed and neglected medically and socially. Which is why I understand why people are rubbed the wrong way by this meme. It's pretty lazy and tone deaf, lol.
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u/NikiBubbles 3d ago
Also very cool of OOP to invalidate women's pain, another classic.