Santinho:
I have been thinking about this for sometime now and decided to create this topic to seek your opinions and contributions.
I have realised that in most marriages and families, you will discover that the husband/father die leaving the wife or wives and children in the hands of the woman or women.
This is very common among our religious places, environment, among peers and even our places of work.
I know that some women die also thereby leaving their families behind, but the ratio is very low compare to the men.
It is never the intention of any man or father to die and leave his family and responsibilities yet, we have high rate of death among men in marriages and even boyfriend/girlfriend relationships. Moreover, this is not limited to only Africans alone, because I have also discovered this among my social media friends too.

WHY THIS?

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Ubunja

cococandy:
Men often marry women younger than them.
All things being equal, the older person typically dies first.

correctguy0900:


Is the life of a man. Born to suffer for the family and die sooner.

leokid866:
Because they are the ones who wash the Body, Close the Eyes, and put the Soul to Rest....go read vertigo comics The SandMan and you will find all your answers in there.

yeyeosoronga:
They die earlier because
1. Health seeking behaviour- they avoid hospitals and Drs as much as possible till it's late, unlike women who also take their children to hospital quickly. Women tend to over estimate risks while men tend to underestimate
2. They take bigger risks like drive like maniacs disobeying traffic rules and causing accidents, drink driving after 10 bottles of alcohol and still getting on the wheels ( road safety will confirm this, and the ratio of their offenders favour males)
3. they are more violent eg like stabbing bottles on themselves over woman matter, fighting with cutlass over land matter. Thanks to testosterone, I guess
4. When they are tired of life, they actually are successful with suicide and will just do it like Nike swoosh, unlike women who are more attention seeking and would just hurt themselves but not kill themselves
5. Men have a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, heart attacks because estrogen in women confers some protection, while good ol' testosterone increases the levels of bad cholesterol in the body
6. They take up riskier jobs like military, construction, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism etc.
7. Etc

Those are proven stats up there, and not some beer parlour gists of men working so hard to cater for their family hence die earlier. Women do more and still live longer.

TheSourcerer:
We work till we die! Women Bleep until they die , they have longer life span

zed7:
Simply because we put ourselves more in harm's way.
Fighting wars, protecting the family.
Engaging in risky behaviours like trying to satisfy multiple women sexually so we can prove our sexual prowess.
Being adventurous, doing more of manual labour etc.
Unfortunately most men want to do what other men do without factoring our own individual health status. Some have weak hearts but still want to do marathon sex and drink gallons of beer.
Women have the easier part of the stick, yet still keep demanding of equality. If things are to actually be shared equally, the life span of women will be 21 years...

Santinho:


How do you mean. I know many homes where the Wife hustles and cater for the family. But you end up seeing the man dying first before the wife.

Santinho:


You maybe right but I would appreciate if you explain better.

PDPGuy:

You smart

yeyeosoronga:
They die earlier because
1. Health seeking behaviour- they avoid hospitals and Drs as much as possible till it's late, unlike women who also take their children to hospital quickly. Women tend to over estimate risks while men tend to underestimate
2. They take bigger risks like drive like maniacs disobeying traffic rules and causing accidents, drink driving after 10 bottles of alcohol and still getting on the wheels ( road safety will confirm this, and the ratio of their offenders favour males)
3. they are more violent eg like stabbing bottles on themselves over woman matter, fighting with cutlass over land matter. Thanks to testosterone, I guess
4. When they are tired of life, they actually are successful with suicide and will just do it like Nike swoosh, unlike women who are more attention seeking and would just hurt themselves but not kill themselves
5. Men have a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, heart attacks because estrogen in women confers some protection, while good ol' testosterone increases the levels of bad cholesterol in the body
6. They take up riskier jobs like military, construction, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism etc.
7. Etc

Those are proven stats up there, and not some beer parlour gists of men working so hard to cater for their family hence die earlier. Women do more and still live longer.

yeyeosoronga:
They die earlier because
1. Health seeking behaviour- they avoid hospitals and Drs as much as possible till it's late, unlike women who also take their children to hospital quickly. Women tend to over estimate risks while men tend to underestimate
2. They take bigger risks like drive like maniacs disobeying traffic rules and causing accidents, drink driving after 10 bottles of alcohol and still getting on the wheels ( road safety will confirm this, and the ratio of their offenders favour males)
3. they are more violent eg like stabbing bottles on themselves over woman matter, fighting with cutlass over land matter. Thanks to testosterone, I guess
4. When they are tired of life, they actually are successful with suicide and will just do it like Nike swoosh, unlike women who are more attention seeking and would just hurt themselves but not kill themselves
5. Men have a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, heart attacks because estrogen in women confers some protection, while good ol' testosterone increases the levels of bad cholesterol in the body
6. They take up riskier jobs like military, construction, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism etc.
7. Etc

Those are proven stats up there, and not some beer parlour gists of men working so hard to cater for their family hence die earlier. Women do more and still live longer.

WORLDPEACE:



You agree with what you are arguing against in your number 6.
]They take up riskier jobs like military, construction, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism etc

Men take up riskier jobs to provide. It is not the only reason they take up riskier jobs but it's a factor.

If you want to know if the necessity to provide can be a strong factor in people people deciding to take up risky jobs, go to a whorehouse and ask how many of them became prostitutes after becoming single mothers.