A new study found that men who are suffering from 'man-flu' are not taken seriously by their partners.
The study claims that more than half of women think their partner exaggerates how ill he is when suffering with flu, while 53 percent of women think that their partner overplays his symptoms. However, only 20 percent of men accuse their partners of the same crime. The researchers involved in the study conducted a survey which showed men are more compassionate than women, which means that they are more likely to look after their partner when they are ill. Approximately 89 percent of men look after their partners while only 83 percent of women do the same thing.
It was also revealed that most women want their partners to cook them a meal or give them sympathy when they are sick. In contrast, men prefer that their partner give them medication among other things when they are suffering from flu-like symptoms. However, among the participants involved in the study, only half say they want their partner to give them sympathy and make them a meal. A third of women would prefer to be bought a flu or cold remedy and 17 percent just want to be left alone.
On the contrary, 41 percent of men want to be bought medication when they are ill while 42 percent want sympathy. 29 percent want to be cooked a decent meal and another 29 percent just want their partners to stop fussing over them. "Whilst women and men endlessly obsess their differences regarding cold and flu, their attention would be much better focused on prevention," said George Collins, head of Consumer Marketing at Clasado.
