Hernias are for men

October 12, 2010
5:20pm

I recently found out a friend of mine has a hernia. After talking and joking about Joey from Friends also having a hernia, I realized that I actually was pretty curious about what it was like. The idea is that the abdominal wall tears causing the intestines to push against the skin. I realized that women could probably get them too and that they were not just a problem for men. When I asked him what he thought about this notion he said "well I guess women could get them but really, hernias are for men because we do the heavy lifting". I wanted to protest and say "yeah but I can do heavy lifting too" but then I realized, its nothing compared to what men lift. Men are biologically stronger and are more prone to get hernias, but the comment was really just something that kind of has been sticking with me for a few days now and I wanted to share it here.