She pointed me out to the others in the car and they were laughing. I guess they thought this white woman had so much vanity that she wanted to protect her pale skin. They were probably in their early twenties and so have little experience in life. For a flash of a second I wished them lupus, but withdrew it. It is a disease that doesn't discriminate over your skin color or sex.
Men get it, too.
Lupus is generally known as awoman's disease, but men suffer from it as well. If anything it is more difficult to uncover it in them because it is more rare in males and is unexpected. I can't imagine the nightmare THEY go through. A man with what is generally thought to be a woman's disease. For men and women the finacial toll of lupus is considerable.