Physical Pain

[Tori]

It is all that matters.

Tori by four.

[pebbles]

Their is no difference in the pain receptors however female skin is thinner causing increased sensitivity.
and females tend to have less muscle thus you know when someone punches/tickles me it instead of begin absorbed by various muscles instead digs down to the bone instantly.

Their is one spot where their is increased sensitivity accociated with the nerves and that's your breasts. As you know smashing those hurt.

I guess it depends on the person because before and after transition I have a stupidly high pain threshold.

[beautifulchris]

The Mythbusters on the Discovery channel looked at this, and found women had higher pain thresholds than men. They also found that redheads could actually endure more pain on average than others I believe. You should watch the episode - I grew up thinking men had higher pain thresholds, but felt sufficiently corrected after watching their tests.

When you think about it, cis women have evolved over time to endure the pain of giving birth to children.

[Sandy]

Try this:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050705004113.htm

-Sandy

[Jenny_B_Good]

Well said. But I want to win this debate. Could you side with me a bit more?

LOL.... classic !!!  Love it.



If you really want to get back to pain - try the "lets try a little experiment" Party trick.

1.) Two people sit in chairs facing each other- close enough to each , as to rest their foreheads on the knees on the other.
2.) Hands kept behind the back.
3.) Both people hold spoons in  the mouth between their teeth.
4.) Each takes turns to lower heads, so the other can hit the other with their spoon in the mouth on the top/back of the head.

TRICK- It's near impossible to generate any force with a spoon between your teeth. The person can't see a third person standing behind them with a spoon in their hand, smacking one on the head.

Enjoy the fun !!


Jen

OXOXOXO

[Tori]

Thanks.

That worked.

I won.

Hope Susan's isn't liable...

[Tazia of the Omineca]

I was walking into a class room and I like almost took out a table with my hip.
I almost fell over from the impact, hurt. A lot. Still does. Also being hit with a bobby pin hurt.
Oh and cat scratches hurt more now. So I think you may have some pull.

[peky]

Here is recent pub in the topic

Peky

J Pain. 2011 May;12(5):563-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.11.003. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

Race and sex differences in primary appraisals, catastrophizing, and experimental pain outcomes.

Forsythe LP, Thorn B, Day M, Shelby G.


Source

Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. aura.pence@nih.gov


Abstract

The aims of this study were: 1) to examine race and sex differences in primary pain appraisals and catastrophizing; 2) to test the unique ability of race, sex, primary pain appraisals, and catastrophizing to predict experimental pain outcomes; and 3) to conduct mediational analyses testing pain appraisals and catastrophizing as explanatory mechanisms for race and sex differences in pain. One hundred and fifty-five college students at The University of Alabama completed a cold pressor experimental pain task and a questionnaire battery. Statistical methods included multivariable regression models and nonparametric bootstrapping methods for tests of mediation. African-Americans reported higher catastrophizing and had lower pain tolerance than white Americans. Males demonstrated higher challenge appraisals, lower pain intensity, and longer pain tolerance. Challenge appraisals were positively related to pain tolerance, threat/harm appraisals were inversely related to pain tolerance, and pain catastrophizing was positively related to both pain intensity and pain unpleasantness. Pain catastrophizing partially mediated race differences in pain tolerance and mediated sex differences in intensity, whereas primary pain appraisals did not significantly mediate race or sex differences in pain variables. Primary appraisals and catastrophizing appear to be separable constructs related to different aspects of the pain experience. PERSPECTIVE: This study found that important race and sex differences exist in relation to pain appraisals and catastrophizing, and that these cognitive variables play unique roles in different aspects of the pain experience. Cognitive-behavioral therapies for pain may be enhanced by including a focus on both pain appraisals and pain catastrophizing.