# Women are better at withstanding pain?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 8, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-better-at-withstanding-pain/480435 "2009-01-08T22:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-better-at-withstanding-pain/480435/2 "2009-01-09T00:34:11Z")

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We go through labor voluntarily, sometimes multiple times and quite often with no painkillers of any sort. Get back to me when you’ve tried it and we’ll have another go at this question.

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