In an extremely interesting disclosure, a recently conducted study, which was carried out by researchers from Stanford, has explored and renovated an age-old cliché which states that women have a greater tolerance for pain as compared to men. However, the novel study has claimed something in deep contrast to the established belief.

As per the findings of the study, which has been made available in the recent edition of the journal pain, women have a greater tendency of reporting pain as compared to men, no matter what the reason of the pain might be. The findings of the study were based on electronic records of tens of thousands of patients, which were analyzed by the researchers to conclude that women report more severe pain than men.

The study, which will be released today, has found that when the participants were told to rate their levels of pain on a scale of 0 to 10, it was found that women responded with as much as 20% more intense pain as compared to the levels of pain responded by male participants, on an average.

While expressing his opinion regarding the findings of the study along with mentioning the significance of the findings in the real world, the lead author of the study, Dr. Atul Butte, said that, “We may have to adjust our thinking about how men and women report their pain. The killer question is: Do women actually feel more pain than men? That may be more philosophy than anything - how can we tell that for sure”.

The outcomes of the study held up right through a wide range of injuries and diseases, counting the likes of digestive disorders, back and neck pain, ankle strains and sprains, sinus infections, and more.

In roughly all categories studied by the researchers, women were found reporting more and more pain than men, something which evidently defines that the tolerance limit of women is then that of men when it comes to bearing pain.