Women have lower pain threshold than men, study shows

WOMEN feel pain more than men, more often and for longer periods of time, researchers said yesterday.

Despite the popular belief that men are wimps when it comes to pain and the female experience of childbirth gives women the upper hand, scientists found that the opposite was true.

Several studies have now concluded that not only do women report more pain during their lives, they also experience it in more parts of the body, more often and for longer than men.