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Ìý Women & Pain Thursday 28 March 2002 Ìý
It's a well known fact that women seem to be able to endure pain enormously in comparison to their male counterparts.

Recent research studies have revealed that indeed, women are pre-programmed to put up with excruciating pain in a way that men simply can't. Its all down to the differences in sex hormones in the brain, and the way we eat chilli peppers.
Anthony Jones and Lisa Melton join Jenni to discuss whether men really are born with a low pain threshold level, or whether they simply are "sissies."

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