Whenever a woman says "A man can't know what it's like giving birth", give em this

Brutal_Antipathy · 2011-11-19T05:52:54+00:00

I hate to be a party pooper, but it is a dol (which is Latin for pain), not a del as the caption calls it. The pain scale used with the dolorimeter only goes to 10, except for the Spinal Tap limited edition which goes to 11.

hardwarequestions · 2011-11-19T05:47:22+00:00

Nice. But id rather just keep telling them that is irrelevant to everything.

OneWordSumUp · 2011-11-19T15:30:34+00:00

Petty

down_vote_that · 2011-11-19T07:40:56+00:00

I don't buy it. I've seen my wife give birth, and I've been/seen a man who got kicked in the nuts, and they aren't even comparable.

SpanishGuy · 2011-11-19T23:28:19+00:00

What women should know about a kick in the nuts is that, aside the intense pain, it's relatively easy to cause bleeding and permanent injury.

Now, I think that's not related to MR. But as off-topic:

Renal colic caused by kidney stones:

The pain typically begins in the abdomen and often radiates to the hypochondrium or the groin. The pain is often colicky (comes in waves) due to ureteric peristalsis, but may be constant. It may come in two varieties: dull and acute; the acute variation is particularly unpleasant and is often described as one of the strongest pain sensations felt by humans (being worse than childbirth, broken bones, gunshot wounds, burns, or surgery).[1]

I've had renal calculus in two occasions. Every one caused me between 4-8 renal colics episodes. The pain is treated with specific painkillers, but usually it's so severe that you will end in ER repeatedly. In the most extreme cases it's treated with morphine.

Regarding the pain, in general terms:

Aside the intensity, there are different types of pain, that's important.

About the intensity, as far as I know there is no absolute scale because it's not measurable, but there is a useful relative scale for every patient, from 1 (the most slight pain you can feel) to 10 (the worst you can imagine). Of course it's completely subjective, but it gives an orientation to the doctor in the context of a given illness/injury.

Odin-Zifer · 2011-11-20T02:19:11+00:00

"A man can't know what it's like giving birth"

And a woman never has to.

Title	Whenever a woman says "A man can't know what it's like giving birth", give em this
Author	Zorbius
Upvotes	1
Comments	16
Date	November 19, 2011 5:13 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/mhsdk/whenever_a_woman_says_a_man_cant_know_what_its/
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