On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Nicole Youngman 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? >>
>
> I've been discussing the use of sports to socialize us into gender roles with
> my students, and one of them suggested the other day that women wouldn't be
> able to handle the pain of playing football--injuries etc--since they have a
> *lower* threshold of pain. I said "well, they seem to make it through
> childbirth" and got some laughter. It amazes me what they'll say sometimes.
>
> Nicole
>
Besides there are a number of young women playing football in high schools
today, particularly here in Wisconsin, including a couple of what for
lack of a better word I will refer to as "linemen."
Mike Levy
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