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NHS trust compares cousin marriage to white women having children over 34<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Bradford health chiefs say practice is \u2018cultural\u2019 and no different to \u2018liberts distributed to families in Bradford that cousin marriage accounts for about a third of birth defects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Education to degree level was found to be a strong protective factor, halving the risk of congenital anomalies irrespective of ethnic origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lee Anderson is right. Here are 10 ways life is harder for men than women<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
We may not all have fought in the Battle of The Somme, but life can be tough for us blokes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Anderson has recently called for wider recognition of a man\u2019s plight in having to go through the Battle of the Somme Credit: Maja Smiejkowska<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Deacon<\/a>Columnist & Assistant Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12 December 2024 7:00am GMT $\"Michael$ <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lee Anderson<\/a>, the hot-tempered Reform MP<\/a>, has spent the week being the butt of Left-wing online ridicule. Yes, even more than usual. And it\u2019s all because he made one of the biggest mistakes you can ever make on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short: he dared to suggest that, at least sometimes, life is tougher for men than women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It all began when a woman on Twitter asked the following question. \u201cWomen deal with periods, pregnancy and menopause<\/a>,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWhat do men have to deal with?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An honest answer might have been, \u201cWomen dealing with periods, pregnancy and menopause.\u201d That, of course, would have landed Mr Anderson in quite enough trouble. His actual reply, however, managed to provoke an even greater uproar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was: \u201cTry the Battle of the Somme<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obviously what he meant was: \u201cIn times of war, it tends to be men who get conscripted to fight and die on the front line, not women.\u201d But, social media being what it is, almost everyone has chosen to ignore that, and instead pilloried him for appearing to suggest that fighting on the Somme in 1916 is a universal male experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I for one, however, have some sympathy for Mr Anderson. Because, while I myself may never have fought on the Somme, or indeed in any other military conflict, I do think he\u2019s got a point. Just as women are the only ones who have to endure periods, pregnancy<\/a> and menopause, there really are problems in life that only us poor men have to endure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And here are 10 of them\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Fat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Yes, obviously women put on weight too. But at least they tend to do it in a consistent, uniform manner. To put it bluntly: if a woman is fat, she\u2019s fat all over. A man, however, can develop a vast, pendulous beer belly while his arms and legs remain skinny. Which just makes him look ridiculous. Like a frog that\u2019s swallowed a bowling ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Eyebrows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Around the age of 40, if you\u2019re a man, these begin sprouting crazed, wiry tufts, making you resemble a grumpy owl. When hairdressers start asking you if you\u2019d like them trimmed, it\u2019s embarrassing enough. But in due course, something even more embarrassing happens. Hairdressers just trim them automatically, without even stopping to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Nasal hair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Charles Darwin<\/a> may have been one of the most influential thinkers in history, but I don\u2019t believe he ever managed to explain the evolutionary purpose of middle-aged men growing a small forest in each of their nostrils. Or, later on, their ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Silver fox envy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Most women can\u2019t stand it when their hair goes grey, so they dye it. Simple enough. For men, however, the issue is more complicated. Because when men go grey, like George Clooney<\/a>, they somehow seem more attractive, elegant, serious. Which leaves those of us who still have our original hair colour feeling somehow less manly \u2013 like a squeaky-voiced 16-year-old boy who hasn\u2019t gone through puberty. Perhaps we should do the opposite of women, and dye it grey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Jawline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In our youth, strong and square. Yet in middle age, it loses definition, and goes all vague and wobbly like the coast of Norway. Which is of course why, around the age of 40, so many men grow beards. Mentioning no names, Prince Harry. Or William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Bladder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In later life, shrivels to the size of a lentil \u2013 leading to weary, bleary-eyed trips to the loo at 2am. We might as well sleep in the bathroom, to save wearing out our slippers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Snoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
All right, so our wives will argue that they\u2019re the real victims here. But we suffer too. Obstructive sleep apnoea<\/a> \u2013 around three times more common in men than women \u2013 can leave us at risk of high blood pressure, heart conditions and stroke. At the very least, we wake up feeling as if we\u2019ve spent the whole night gargling a Brillo pad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Clothes shopping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The bosses of high-street clothing chains have eyes only for women. Hence the vast and varied arrays of stylish outfits on offer to them. Men, by contrast, are treated as a dreary, dowdy afterthought. Which is why the men\u2019s sections of such chains are so paltry, and invariably resemble a jumble sale held by the gild of retired Blue Peter<\/a> presenters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Life expectancy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Even if we aren\u2019t forced to fight on the Somme, we die younger than women do. Then again, not every man may see this as a bad thing. To quote the comedian Simon Munnery: \u201cWhy do men die before their wives? Could it be because they want to?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Stiff upper lip<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Of course, I could have made some slightly more serious points here. Compared to women, men have vastly higher rates of alcoholism, drug addiction, homelessness and suicide. The problem, however, is that complaining about how hard it is to be a man is considered unmanly. So we tend not to do it. Unless, that is, we fancy getting monstered like Lee Anderson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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6. Bladder<\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn later life, shrivels to the size of a lentil \u2013 leading to weary, bleary-eyed trips to the loo at 2am. We might as well sleep in the bathroom, to save wearing out our slippers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Bladder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In later life, shrivels to the size of a lentil \u2013 leading to weary, bleary-eyed trips to the loo at 2am. We might as well sleep in the bathroom, to save wearing out our slippers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n