This is a question that we all have on our minds from time to time. When we were sick, practically all of us tried to see "who whined more" in small talks.

Let's look at this question from a scientific point to understand who whined more, where, and how. As a plastic surgeon, whether I'm performing surgery or not, one thing I've noticed is that men and women are not the same when it comes to pain sensitivity.

Because they can give birth, most of us believe that women are more pain-resistant. This belief is not entirely correct even if there are chemicals in the female body that minimize pain during childbirth. And, luckily, instead of men, they were the ones who bore this hallowed torment.

However, overall scientific research show that women experience pain more than men.

Because pain and the sensation of pain are unique to each individual!

When women and men are compared in terms of feeling pain (although the type and level of pain varies in these research), it appears that there is a widespread opinion that women feel pain more intensely.

There are a variety of reasons why men and women experience pain in different ways!

1- In a study, gender differences show that pain pathways in men and women are distinct, i.e, women and men experience pain through different nerves.

2-The neural network in the female body is denser than in the male body.

3- Hormonal changes in women's bodies can make them perceive and feel pain more strongly (or vice versa).

Another intriguing argument is that women are more analytical about their feelings than males, which may cause women to feel pain more profoundly than men, and this is, of course, the psychological side of the issue.

Discomfort, pain may appear to be an unavoidable aspect of my job as a surgeon.

To put it another way, executing a medical operation on a person, whether male or female, causes pain and suffering both during and after the process.

However, according to the nuances of the treatment and the technologies used during today's medical procedures, and to the reduction of the patient's pain experience, the pain sensation has not fully gone, but it has been reduced to a very comfortable level.

In addition to the scientific studies described above, what I saw in my clinic among male and female patients is that women take pain and adapt to it faster than males!

Men, on the other hand, are fearful and indecisive in the face of suffering (as I am when I sit in that chair), but if we comprehend the pain, we can embrace it even if we aren't as quick as women.

Although being a man and a woman appears to be a distinction in our existence, the future is headed in a unisexual direction, and I am one of those who still finds notion of femininity and masculanity romantic.