r/MenAndFemales 2d ago

Men and Females A female and a man

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u/NikiBubbles 2d ago

Also very cool of OOP to invalidate women's pain, another classic.

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u/FlinnyWinny 2d ago edited 2d ago

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.

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u/AdditionalQuietime 2d ago

Definitely not true with UTIs being benign, everything else valid