'I’m in pain and nobody believes me': Why do doctors take women's pain less seriously?

Research shows people tend to underestimate female pain, often believing it has a psychological root. Three women who suffer from chronic pain talk about their experience in our health system

CHRONIC pain is more common in women, whom studies suggest may have higher pain sensitivity, due to lower pain thresholds and lower tolerance of induced pain.

Despite this, women frequently report that doctors take their pain less seriously than that of their male counterparts — a phenomenon which has become commonly known as the ‘gender pain gap’.