“It will come as no surprise to some… men are less sensitive than women, at least to pain. Researchers have found that the male hormone testosterone masks feelings of discomfort. They believe that such tolerance effects may help men to maintain their stamina in fights, when testosterone levels are high.
“If men are less sensitive to pain, there is more willingness to fight and participate in further fights,” says Michaela Hau, an animal physiology and behaviour scientist at Princeton University, New Jersey, and lead author of the study.” MORE
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