On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Nalo Hopkinson wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Sean Johnston wrote:
>
> > EEEYOWWCH! Perhaps the childbirth thing is why women tend to have
> > higher pain thresholds than men. Anybody know if this (about pain
> > thresholds) is true or false?
>
> NH: I believe it's true, in the same way that the 'men are bigger and
> stronger than women' thing is true. Don't know if it's linked to
> childbirth or not. Could be linked to menstrual cramps too, for that
> matter. If it's linked to anything at all.
>
> -nalo
>
I'm not sure whether or not this is the same topic, but I was recently
told by an experienced lab technician that men are four or five times
more likely to faint when having blood taken than women are.
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