Why is the federal government (US)...

[Marcus]

...spending 7x more on breast cancer research than prostate cancer, despite... ...the fact that about 9 percent more men in the US develop prostate cancer than women develop breast cancer.$550 million v. $80 millionhttp://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48895Likewise, in Australia, breast cancer on average kills 2600 women each yearHowever, http://www.prostate.org.au/pcfa-reso...nformation.php Prostate cancer kills 2,700 Australian men every year. 2600 women v. 2700 men. Yet the Australian Government, in 2004, through the National Health and Medical Research Council, provided $6.9 million in funding for research into breast Cancer. While the Australian Government, through the National Health and Medical Research Council, provided $2.5 million in funding for research into prostate cancer. $6.9 m for women; $2.5 m for men.Women receiving 3x more funding than men.My question is WHYAre men just not worth as much as women in our society?

[rotorhead]

The lobbyists for the different women's groups are very strong.

[diogenese_97]

You aren't married, are you? If you lived with a woman you would know the answer. They never stop until they get their way while men keep their problems to themselves.

[Sasi]

I think you are onto something diogenese_97's. So speak up Men!

[motivasean]

Your reasoning is flawed. There are more women in the US than men so of course they are going to get more funding. And besides, women and minorities have long been subjected to lesser medical treatment so it is about time that the tables are turned. Maybe women's health care gets more funding because women earn less than men. The government figures that the men can afford their expensive medical treatment because they make more money in the workplace.

[bluestareyed]

as far as the percentages, those are flawed. if there were an equal number of men and womne, then you would have a point there, but since there are more women than men in the us, the percentages are not accurate reflections of each other. as far as the rest of your question, I dont have a ready answer for you except that I have had 7 women in my life since I was 18 die of breast cancer, and no men getting prostate cancer.

[VJX]

Women make me wish I HAD cancer.