why are women expected to frequently get OB/GYN checkups but male reproductive specialists are rare?
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* Men rarely get breast cancer
* Men don’t have a cervix
* Men don’t get pregnant
* Outside of condoms and vasectomies, men are not responsible for birth control
* Men don’t need a fertility evaluation unless they are part of an infertile couple (medically defined as no pregnancy despite adequate sex for one year). And weirdly, its often an OB-GYN who will do the first-line testing for men in that situation (basic history and physical plus sperm count)
* The main male-specific cancers, testicular cancer and prostate cancer, do not benefit as much from prevention as breast or cervical cancer
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