Which of the Following Does the Text Offer as the Main

question 128

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does the text offer as the main reason for the fact that women experience pain more intensely than men?

• A) Women produce certain hormones related to the menstrual cycle.
• B) Women have more pain gates in the nervous system than men.
• C) Women have more substance P than do men.
• D) Women are encouraged by our culture to experience and express pain more intensely than men.

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Definitions:

Family Planning

The practice of controlling the number and spacing of offspring through the use of contraception or fertility control.

Vas Deferens

The duct through which sperm travels from the testicle to the urethra, essential for the delivery of male gametes to the female reproductive tract.

Male Sterilization

A form of contraception involving a surgical procedure (vasectomy) that makes a man permanently unable to father children.

Laparoscopy

A form of tubal ligation using a viewing lens (the laparoscope) to locate the fallopian tubes and another instrument to cut or block and close them.