I often say that I’m a male, but lately I’ve started to feel ashamed of that. Not only do I not know what that means anymore, I’ve also become increasingly aware of how genetically misogynistic “my” “gender” is. Nature has decided that some things are better suited for me, rather than a woman, based solely on the fact that I’m a male: Penis, facial hair, testosterone, etc.

I want to say that I can’t change it, and it wasn’t my choice, but that would just be a cop out. Everything is a choice in this world and, as uncomfortable as it is for me, I have to try and undo all the sexist things nature has done to make me privileged.

For instance, every year hundreds of thousands of women suffer from breast cancer. Yet, every year, only about 2,000 men are diagnosed with such a terrible disease. Few men understand the pain women go through with this disease, yet male doctors continue to inject themselves into the conversation by providing support, treatment, and solace. It’s as if they are saying women are too weak to support themselves and too stupid to cure themselves. It’s disgusting.

All while these doctors are injecting themselves into the conversation about a woman’s disease they are also actively keeping women out of their boys-only club. Unlike women who have to go get groped by shady men for breast exams, men get to go to their sanctuary and have their prostate examined. While it may be unspoken, the rule is definitely “no girls allowed”. No women are ever invited to their prostate exam parties and, even more shockingly, a woman isn’t even able to schedule an appointment for a prostate exam!

My wife once attempted to call my doctor and schedule a prostate exam for herself. Unbelievably, the woman on the other end laughed at her! My wife felt so threatened by this that she actually hung up the phone. She was harassed for merely trying to take care of her health! The receptionist attempted to play it off as a “biological” thing. Women don’t have prostates, she tried to explain. It was only proof of her own internalized misogyny, her attempt at fitting in with the “boys-only club”, and that Male Medicine is filled with sexist bio-truthers. I can guarantee that if I, as a male, called to schedule a prostate exam I would not have been laughed at and harassed off the phone.

To further illustrate my point, consider the following: Every year about 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. That sounds a lot, doesn’t it? And it is, especially when taking in silo. However, when compared to the fact that 1 in 7 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer it seems like someone is being favored.. doesn’t it? Are men getting better treatment, and thus more diagnosis, than women? Are male doctors just scratching their buddies back, by providing them a diagnosis, while ignoring the women? Is there an attempt at fact skewing going on here and are male doctors ageists? I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but the facts are painting a pretty clear picture here: Men’s Rights Activists are favoring men in an attempt to make the statistics appear in their favor. Typical.

Not only are men diagnosing other men more frequently, they are also donating more money to Breast Cancer! I’m sure you’re thinking this is a good thing, right? It means less women will suffer from such a terrible disease. You’d be wrong. It’s pretty clear that the MRAs are helping to fund breast cancer research as yet another attempt to skew the facts, to paint their “victim” narrative.

And, as crazy as it sounds, this isn’t just a United States problem. It’s happening all over the western world. It’s even happening in the typically progressive United Kingdom!

It’s time we, as men, put a stop to this. We need to stand up for our sisters, our wives, our friends. This world can never progress beyond where it is today if something as basic as medicine continues to be so inherently misogynistic. We need to stop male doctors from favoring other men with their diagnosis and put an end to the MRAs attempt at dictating the narrative.

Men are not the victims of some kind of “biological conspiracy”. No matter how much they try to abuse science, and money, to show they are.. they aren’t. Women can, and should, have prostate cancer. It doesn’t need to be, nor should it be, a boys-only club. They should be invited to the male prostate exam parties. They should be welcomed in with open arms and treated as equal. GamerGate needs to step out of the way so progress can happen.

The rest of the world has moved beyond baseless biology, it’s time for Male Medicine to do the same.