When something hurts, it hurts and you feel the pain. But who is more sensitive to pain, men or women? The Journal of Pain has published a study that takes a look at that very question.
FOX News Radio’s Bill Vitka has those results:
When it comes to pain, women feel it more than men. Be it a back problem, arthritis or a sinus infection, women appear to suffer more, according to the latest research from Stanford University.
In 21 of 22 ailments investigated – including diabetes, hypertension, ankle injuries and joint and inflammatory pain – women reported higher levels of pain.
What the data doesn’t tell us is why. One possibility is that men have been socialized to be more stoic – they underreport pain. But that alone does not account for the full scope of the gender gap.
Bill Vitka, FOX News Radio.
