Does pain have a gender? Everyone experiences pain, but research shows that women are particularly prone to chronic pain — and experience it quite differently than men.
Women are also more likely to suffer from specific types of pain, such as migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and jaw pain. And the fact that our culture discourages talking about pain just makes things harder, said author Marni Jackson in her presentation at the 2004 Women’s Health Matters Forum & Expo.
The average woman is most concerned about breast cancer, even though the most common killer of women isn’t breast cancer at all — it’s heart disease.
Women throughout history have used art as a means to chronicle important, painful or challenging times in their lives.
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Does pain have a gender? Everyone experiences pain, but research shows that women are particularly prone to chronic pain — and experience it quite differently than men.
