Women feel less pain when tested by men than by other women, study finds
Big girls don t cry - especially not in front of men. While stereotypes may suggest that women in pain seek attention and sympathy from men, researchers at Murdoch University, Australia found that women report feeling less pain when tested by men than by other women.
In a new study Big Girls Don t Cry : The effect of the experimenter s sex and pain catastrophising on pain, published in DeGruyter s
Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Dr. Lechi Vo and Professor Peter Drummond explored how gender stereotypes affect the reporting of pain.