When it comes to urinary tract infection (UTI) a bacterial attack in your kidneys ureters bladder and urethra we generally think of women as the only victims. But men can contract urinary tract infections too. By now we all know this with DMK supremo M Karunanidhi hitting the headlines recently for the deterioration of his health owing to a chronic UTI. However this condition seems to affect more women than men. Why is UTI less common in men? Anatomically the urethra (the duct that expels urine out of the body from the bladder) of a man is longer than that