I don't like pain. If I have to deal with it, I will, when the time comes. When I go to the dentist, I always say, "I'm not allergic to anything. Give me whatever it takes, but DON'T HURT ME!" My dentist knows me well. He's never hurt me. I've had three root canals. None hurt.
Once after relatively minor surgery, I had demerol. I hated it. I said I'd rather have the pain than take that.
It's just me. That's the way I am.
When my mother was 75 years old, she decided to rearrange some venetian blinds. She climbed on a table, fell, hit a table on the way down, hit the floor, and broke three ribs. She refused to take anything for pain other than asperin. She had a high pain threshold. That's her. It's not me.
You nailed it. There is no doubt in my mind that women have a higher threshold for pain.