The rise of the extreme left to power in Spain under Pedro S\u00e1nchez is giving rise to purely grotesque episodes.<\/p>\n
A Ministry of Health that denies genetic differences between sexes<\/big><\/p>\n Yesterday, the Ministry of Health, in the hands of M\u00f3nica Garc\u00eda<\/strong> -from the communist coalition Sumar headed by Yolanda D\u00edaz-, published a scandalous message on its official Twitter channel<\/a> that has received a lot of criticism. The message states the following: \"Men live less, commit suicide more and consume more drugs. It's not genetics:<\/strong> it's a masculinity that pushes people to take risks and ridicules vulnerability.\"<\/em><\/p>\n It links to an article that does not cite a single scientific study to support it<\/big><\/p>\n The message links to an article in a far-left media outlet<\/a> signed by the Secretary of State for Health, who is also a member of the aforementioned coalition. The article in question does not cite a single scientific study: it is an ideological pamphlet<\/strong>, but it does treat its ideological theses as something indisputable and that makes a \"denialist\" anyone who dares to contradict its author<\/strong>, who says things like this:<\/p>\n \"Masculinity does not have to be a determinant of illness, and this is something that must be highlighted. There is nothing genetic or pre-political in the fact that men die earlier<\/strong>, die more violently (at the hands of other men, generally) or adopt behaviors that are more harmful to our health.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Promoting an anti-scientific ideology from the Ministry of Health<\/big><\/p>\n What the Ministry of Health has spread with this message is not science: it is ideology. Gender ideology, to be more precise<\/strong>, a compendium of ideological theses promoted by the extreme left for decades. One of the theses of this ideology is that the differences between the sexes have no biological basis<\/strong>, but are the fruit of a social construction. Basically, gender ideology intended to do with sexual differences the same as Marxism with social classes: simply suppress them.<\/p>\n However much the extreme left tries to present it as an absolute and unquestionable truth, gender ideology lacks a scientific basis and some of its theses are radically anti-scientific<\/strong>, since they contradict facts demonstrated by science, such as the prevalence of certain diseases among men for biological reasons<\/strong>, and not only for exclusively social and cultural reasons.<\/p>\n The prevalence of certain diseases based on sex<\/big><\/p>\n It is worth remembering that prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among men in Spain<\/strong> (23% of cases, according to official data from the Ministry of Health<\/a> for 2023), and it is a disease exclusive to men<\/strong>, like prostatitis and orchitis. On the other hand, we must bear in mind that men take on jobs that require more physical strength and a greater risk of death<\/strong>, and this is not only for social and cultural reasons, but also biological ones, since on average, men are larger, have more muscle mass and more strength than women<\/strong>.<\/p>\n According to the aforementioned official data from the Ministry of Health, in 2023, 149,509 new cases of cancer were detected among men and 110,946 among women<\/strong>. There are differences between the two sexes. For example, lung cancer<\/strong> affects 14% of these male patients and only 7% of these women with cancer. Colorectal cancer also has a higher incidence among men (17%) than among women (14%).<\/p>\n These official data also indicate that overweight is greater among men (61%) than among women (46%)<\/strong>, a problem in which eating habits and social customs have a notable influence, but in which genetic differences between men and women also influence<\/a>. This excess weight increases the risk of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer and other cardiovascular diseases. In 2019, a study by the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona<\/a>, reviewing around fifty epidemiological studies on the prevalence of excess weight, predicted that by 2030, 80% of men and 55% of women will be overweight or obese<\/strong>. One of the authors of the study noted:<\/p>\n \"In men, excess weight is more common up to the age of 50.<\/strong> Then, after the age of 50, obesity increases more among women. These are intrinsic issues related to hormonal metabolism.<\/strong> After a certain age, women find it more difficult to control their weight.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A left that replaces science with its magical thinking<\/big><\/p>\n It is astonishing that in Spain we have a Ministry of Health that spreads anti-scientific theories on its Twitter channel<\/strong>, presenting them as unquestionable facts and calling those who contradict them \"denialists\", and without providing a single scientific study to support its claims<\/strong>. For something like what happened yesterday there should be immediate resignations, but in Spain this will not happen because we have a left that seems bent on replacing science with<\/strong> its particular magical thinking<\/a>.<\/p>\n ---<\/p>\n
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