Putting Up With Pain (Abridged Story) From a news story by 4/8/98
Dentists think that women can put up with more pain than men. Michael Hines is a dentist and says, "Women are more aware of what pain is than a man." Men do not seem to expect any pain and are surprised when the drilling hurts. Pain researchers think that men don't prepare for pain. A dental patient says, "I think men just try to fight the pain head-on" There is the pain only a mother can know. Stephanie Young says, "I thought to myself when I had a child, my husband could never go through this" Bruce was working out at the gym when he said, "I think it's a big cover-up, men grunt and groan and scream at a gym more than women do. Women are much more stoic" Some people wonder how pain tolerance is figured out. One weight lifter said, "How do you measure how much you do show as compared to someone else?" And how about for those who've lived through years of pain. John says, "I think women endure pain better than men do but complain more often about it." One man says he complained to his wife for years about his stomach problems. What about her ability to cope with pain? He says, "She can take it. I don't know how she can take it. When she goes to the dentist, she has nothing." In the end, we all have to grin and bear it.  © 1999 Cable News Network, Inc. Western/Pacific Literacy Network Western/Pacific LINCS All Rights Reserved
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