GENDER Differences in PAIN perception: Males were less apt to disclose pain to others and associated feelings of embarrassment with having to admit pain (Klonof et al,1993). Koutanji et al. (1998) posit that social roles for women are more supportive of pain expression and pain awareness, making them more cognizant of their own and others’ pain, thus learning to model their behavior after those in their environment.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:48:00 +0000