Blue Cap Movement raises awareness on men’s health

Cancer does not equal death: Santhanam (right) and Wong Kuan Sing have been prostate cancer survivors for 13 years and five years respectively. – Filepic

Men are often told to “man up”, which could mean anything from sucking up their pain to forcing back tears and hiding their weaknesses in the deepest, darkest abyss – or far away from prying eyes at least.

This social conditioning not only determines how we view men, however; it seems to also have a hand in lowering the average life expectancy of the masculine gender.