If men were to give birth, there would be a lot less whining.

[Kryp2o]

I can agree with that part, but as far as overall threshold for pain, is this your opinion or has it been proven?

It's no more proven than men saying they could handle child birth better. How do prove that.

It will always be a matter of opinion.

 

[Latimer]

From my experience I tend to think that men in general have a much higher threshold for pain. It is too subjective to judge though.

 

[Kryp2o]

From my experience I tend to think that men in general have a much higher threshold for pain. It is too subjective to judge though.

People in general male or female have different tolerance for pain. Everyone's experience with pain is not the same. You are correct the only proven fact that it is subjective and subjective at best.

 

[crash3837]

Kryp2o,,, I am 22yrs old. I myself have not seen just as many tough women as guys. I'm not talking about toughness or being tough I'm saying if a guy gets smacked he usually blows it off, if a girl gets smacked she pisses and moans about how hard she got hit, she could of died or been hurt permenantly ect. I just think guys handle pain better. So you see this is why I get in arguments about this, beccause I'm a guy and it is not humanly possible for me to give birth to a baby, so I have no right to say what I do yada yada yada.

 

[WarriorPL]

the most painful thing i ever went through was apendicitis(sp?) my apendix was so infected it was ready to burst, which would most likely have killed me.


~WizKid

 

[Mitchellm]

This is a ridiculous argument. How can you compare being smacked around or kicked in the stomach with having a baby? Sure, a man can usually shrug off a slap or a punch (societal conditioning; "be a man!", "suck it up!"), but labor is excrutiating pain that can last for over 24 hours sometimes. How do you think you would really handle cramps in your stomach and sharp pains through your back every five minutes for 16 hours? A lot of men wish they were dead when they're bedridden with the flu. Women should be canonized for the pain they go through to bring life into this world.

 

[HappyScrappy]

if I recall correctly there are many studies out there that show women to be far more tolerant to pain than men.

agreed that I'm tired of hearing about how I'm such a pussy - but that's between me and my mom...

 

[_Outlaw]

I think men are just as much whinners as women...

 

[Slice of Peach2]

Ya'll wouldn't be here if men had the babies. Men can't handle pain.