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Men can tolerate more pain than women and are less likely to react to it because they want to appear macho, researchers have found.
Dr Tashani said men had higher pain thresholds and reported less pain intensity than women irrespective of nationality.
The two-year study, which researchers claim is the first of its kind, has been published in the European Journal of Pain.
The Independent
Originally posted by Sissel
reply to post by ollncasino
I don't believe it for a second.
They have never given birth to a child.
Originally posted by ollncasino
The fact that men can tolerate more pain that women comes as no surprise to men.
Women do apparently release hormones during childbirth that increases their pain tolerance temporarily, but otherwise, women just can't take the bumps that men take in their stride. Biologically they are designed for different functions.
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by ollncasino
The fact that men can tolerate more pain that women comes as no surprise to men.
Women do apparently release hormones during childbirth that increases their pain tolerance temporarily, but otherwise, women just can't take the bumps that men take in their stride. Biologically they are designed for different functions.
Sorry man but that's BS. I'm in my 50's and have seen grandparents, parents, siblings, children of both sexes and I'll tell you that women are much tougher than men. The most pathetic thing you can witness is a man with the flu.
Originally posted by intrepid
Sorry man but that's BS. I'm in my 50's and have seen grandparents, parents, siblings, children of both sexes and I'll tell you that women are much tougher than men. The most pathetic thing you can witness is a man with the flu.
Originally posted by PsychoReaper4
By the way, all you people using the cliched "Women Give Birth" and "Men Complain With The Flu" arguments are idiots. Certain examples that you see in YOUR life doesn't amount to a 2 year study on the subject.
Twenty-five members of each gender took part. The women lasted an average of 100.4 seconds in the ice, while the average for the men was 84.3 seconds.
Originally posted by intrepid
reply to post by PsychoReaper4
Well thank you for calling me an "idiot". Do you have any experience in pain that would add something to the discussion? Does your 2 year study compare to my 50 years of experience?
Originally posted by Advantage
I think maybe men take initial pain more .. but they have NO endurance with pain.
Originally posted by ollncasino
Originally posted by intrepid
Sorry man but that's BS. I'm in my 50's and have seen grandparents, parents, siblings, children of both sexes and I'll tell you that women are much tougher than men. The most pathetic thing you can witness is a man with the flu.
If women have a higher tolerance to pain than men, why then are doctor's offices full of women?
Originally posted by ollncasino
If women have a higher tolerance to pain than men, why then are doctor's offices full of women?