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Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 55 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Well I assume women feel more pain in general considering they have periods which are accompanied by pain and other unpleasant sensations. It's probably one of the reasons women have on average higher pain tolerance than men.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I also find it interesting that in ultra endurance events, the gap between male/female performance disappears, and seems to favour women. I wondered if pain tolerance comes into it or use just physiological.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Women have lower pain tolerances though, with the exception of when they are in labor (due to very elevated hormone levels)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

    One, source? Two, wouldn’t a lower pain tolerance only illustrate the point women experience more pain? If women’s pain tolerance is lower that means the pain we experience is worse/more… so either way really… women experience more pain in general.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3690315/ - postoperative for the same procedures, women rate their pain as higher. I would interpret that to mean they have lower pain tolerance, although as the article acknowledges, its tricky to measure.

    Well, sure, I agree, it is probably why women experience more pain, as opposed to they have more painful diseases/injuries.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Is there a functional difference between 'lower pain tolerance' and 'experiences more pain'?

    Your comment makes me feel like I've missed something here

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Ages ago I'd read something like "women have a lower threshold before they start feeling pain, but a higher overall pain tolerance as compared to men". I.e. they feel pain earlier than a man might under similar conditions, but are able to cope with higher pain levels better. At that same time there seemed to be wide agreement that pain was poorly understood. Surely a lot of good work on the study of pain has been done that I am not aware of in the intervening time.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I would argue that, no, there isn't, hence why I was confused by the person i was originally replying to who said that women have a higher pain tolerance on an article that said women experience more pain.

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