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An interesting article that shows that for most types of pain, a woman is likely to record a higher pain level than a man. Although it doesn't quite go deep enough into why this is so.

But there is one interesting section that might also link into a few recent posts around how pregnancy can for some women result in less CHs, linking this to changes in female hormones.

Man cold indeed.  I know this is supposed to be hilarious but it is SO very true. 

On a more serious note though, how can anyone judge how a man and a woman feel,  given the same exact pain, for instance if someone slashed me with a knife across my arm in the same place and in the same depth as they slashed a mans arm..my choice of pain level 0-to 10  would be subjective.  Or his would.  If I had been having a bad day and a man was having a great day, his pain might be less, or vice versa. His arm might be thicker with less nerve endings closer to the surface.  I think there are too many variables to judge this. If I'm having a KIP 10 and banging my head and a man is having a KIP 10 and simply rocking back and forth in one position does our different way of dealing with the pain count for something?

Interesting subject though.  Personally , after going through labor 7 times, I do NOT believe a man could take THAT kind of pain without passing totally out. 

I agree Mike. It's why I try to resist when someone wants to introduce a "new pain scale." Pain is intensely personal and subjective. It's a huge breakthrough for the medical community to not only realize that, but to use it for pain management. And when pain, like anything else, becomes a constant, we find ways to cope that wouldn't be present if it were just an interruption. I don't know if men or women feel pain differently, but we do report it differently. Some of that may be cultural: the he-man thingie. Some of it may have come from nurture-take it like a man. And some of it may in fact be biological. Point is, how well are we coping with the pain we feel? That is what we are about here. Blessings. lance