Do Women Handle Pain Better Than Men?

Ladies, I know you're laughing right now. Men, hear me out.

Do women really handle pain better than men? I'd say the answer is a big Michelle Tanner, "DUH!" I know that men are supposed to be all big and bad, but when it comes to sucking it up and dealing with pain, dudes ain't got anything on us.

I was being my usual OCD self last night and cleaning the baseboards of our hardwood floors when I got The Mother of All Splinters. I screamed out in pain and my better half came running to my aid. He starting digging around in my finger with a pair of razor sharp tweezers. It was ridiculous. Like, I know he was trying and bless his heart for that, but it felt like a three-year-old playing "Operation!" I was wincing and crying and eventually made him stop. He then said something to the effect of "It's just a splinter, baby."

OH NO YOU DID NOT.

A few minutes later, I went all Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and used a sharp pair of craft scissors to literally cut the splinter out. It was gross and I swear I almost fainted from relief the moment that badboy finally came out. The entire time I was playing novice surgeon, I was stewing over his dismissal of my injury. I was saying things that would make my momma blush and get me a big fat FCC fine. Like, I get it--it was just a splinter; it's not like I cut my finger off or anything, but I was still in enough pain to cry.

I don't do that unless things GET REAL. When I went into labor with our daughter, I freaked out because my legs hadn't been shaved since my second trimester. You know what I did? I took a shower, shaved the Yeti off my legs, and then washed, dried, and flat ironed my hair. While having contractions. I know how to suck it up and deal.

All women do. Ladies, do you feel me? Are we able to handle pain better than men? What do you think? Until we can make men experience labor and delivery, we'll have to settle for the poll below as definitive evidence.