But despite prostate cancer being the second leading cause of deaths among men, with a life lost to the disease every six minutes, it is a taboo subject for many men, who can feel too embarrassed to mention the condition.

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Two weeks ago, Conservative leader David Cameron called for tougher sentences for rapists, saying too many men "think they can get away with it".

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Of course, men can be diggers, too.

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Both men and women can speak out for those who feel too endangered to do so themselves.

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Although Nepal has made important progress to decrease the number of illiterates over the past years, there are still too many girls and boys, women and men, who can neither read nor write.

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However, you can see it on the faces of elderly men who, too old to work, still come to Poovar each morning, just to be near the water.

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It can mean other costs too: German charities lament that young men no longer do community service to avoid the army.

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Many articles offer advice on how men should behave when dating a woman who earns more, and the advice can be used for women, too.

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She told me that women too often just seek help from other women when they should be seeking help from men as well, who can offer a different business perspective than that of another woman.

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