Allison Mack Did Not Understand Why NXIVM 'Slaves' Found Branding Their Flesh Painful: 'It's Fine'

Allison Mack is recounting her time in the NXIVM cult in new podcast series 'Allison After NXIVM,' and detailing the branding ...
Rolling Out

Why women’s pain gets dismissed by doctors everywhere

The dismissive phrase “it’s all in your head” takes on new meaning when you understand that women literally process pain through different neural pathways than men. This isn’t about pain tolerance or ...
The Hill

Pain is ‘dramatically’ different in men and women

Men and women don’t experience pain the same way. Give someone an electric shock; bind a tourniquet tighter and tighter around their leg; submerge their hand in icy water; prick them with a pin: ...