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Man flu
Man flu is a pejoratively used phrase that refers to the idea that men, when they have a cold, exaggerate and claim they have the flu. Whilst a commonly used phrase in the UK and Ireland, it is referred to in other cultures〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6123369 )〕 and there is a continuing discussion over the scientific basis for the phrase.
== Popular culture ==
A web-based survey of readers of ''Nuts'' magazine in late 2006 stirred interest in this notion,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 'Man flu' really exists )〕 which was criticised as unscientific and unreliable. It has been suggested that such exaggeration is possibly just as prevalent in women. This condition can only truly be called "man" flu when the sufferer in question has a partner from whom he hopes to solicit extra attention to care for his supposedly grievous symptoms. When the sufferer is alone then the condition can only be the common cold or flu.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 'Man flu and other health myths'. )〕
Regardless of any scientific basis, the idea behind man flu has been present in popular culture, and has even been the source of controversy when used in advertising.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.malehealth.co.uk/21836-boots-ad-should-not-have-been-made )〕
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