This article presents recent statistics concerning average life expectancies of men and women and leading causes of death among men; reviews a number of articles that propose “causes” and “cures” for higher male mortality; suggests that issues surrounding men's health are integrally related to traditional masculine socialization, hypermasculinity, and societal devaluation of feminine behaviors; and proposes an interactional model of male mortality based on Levi's (1974) diathesis‐stress model of illness.
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