Global Study Highlights Gender Pain Gap, With Women Suffering More

A large global study has found that women experience more pain than men across the different areas of the body examined, bringing renewed attention to the “gender pain gap.”

The findings suggest that the disparity is not confined to a single part of the body. Instead, the pattern extended across the body regions covered by the research.

The summary did not specify which regions were examined or how pain was measured. It also did not provide figures showing the size of the difference between women and men.

While the findings highlight a broad gender disparity, the information available does not explain what drives it. The study’s central finding places women’s greater burden of pain back in focus.