"Women are born with pain built in. It's our physical destiny." This grim sentiment underscores the statistical reality: women disproportionately report chronic pain, facing systemic gender biases in healthcare responses and treatment.
"A study of more than 27,000 people in 19 European countries found that women were 10% more likely than men to report experiencing chronic pain. Around half of all chronic pain conditions are more common in women than in men."
"In the laboratory, researchers are working to understand the impact that both sex and gender have on pain, hoping that these answers could unlock new pain treatments and help curb the opioid epidemic."
"The impact of sex and gender on pain first becomes apparent around puberty. There are biological, psychological and social factors that all play a role in explaining this emergence of sex differences in pain."
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