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by Ash on December 11th, 2007

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Males: without any conversations with your wife or partner, would you go through pregnancy to save her the pain? (Don’t males have a higher pain threshold?)

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  • by Meadow Larke on December 12th, 2007

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    To answer your question: if I was a man, I would go through the pain for my wife! I would switch places with my husband if he were experiencing pain!

    I'm a pregnant female, I always thought men were "weaker" than women, but I guess it's not like that! Women just know how to deal with pain better, which could lead to people thinking women have a better threshold, but that's NOT what it means.

    I went to http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/chronic-pain-conditions


    "...Many investigators are turning their attention to the study of gender differences and pain. Women, many experts now agree, recover more quickly from pain, seek help more quickly for their pain, and are less likely to allow pain to control their lives. They also are more likely to marshal a variety of resources-coping skills, support, and distraction-with which to deal with their pain..."

    "...Research in this area is yielding fascinating results. For example, male experimental animals injected with estrogen, a female sex hormone, appear to have a lower tolerance for pain-that is, the addition of estrogen appears to lower the pain threshold. Similarly, the presence of testosterone, a male hormone, appears to elevate tolerance for pain in female mice: the animals are simply able to withstand pain better. Female mice deprived of estrogen during experiments react to stress similarly to male animals. Estrogen, therefore, may act as a sort of pain switch, turning on the ability to recognize pain..."

    It was a pretty interesting article.

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    • That article is bullsh*t lol

      googoo3

      by googoo3 on February 8th, 2009

    • Here's the real thing..

      http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-04/cfta-hpt040903.php

      googoo3

      by googoo3 on February 8th, 2009

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