The Pain Game.
A frequently raised point in this qotw has been the old 'pain of childbirth' thing, and whether women have the right to moan about it. It reminds me of a time I encountered such a debate.

I returned from a tea run in time to hear Martin the Office Numptey discussing the issue with Kelly. "Name me one thing men have that's more painful then!" she demanded, "And don't say being kicked in the bollocks, because that doesn't count." Martin's response was something I'll probably remember for the rest of my life as an outstanding example of someone making no sense at all.

"Doing a poo. No listen, cos women have to push a baby through a hole this big maybe two or three times in their life, while men have to push a poo through a hole this big two or three times a day!" He said, holding up his hands to demonstrate the sizes of said holes.

There was a pause of almost half a minute before someone piped up with "Erm, women poo too you know Martin." and a further 30 seconds before Martin mumbled something about us 'missing the point'.

So there you have it. When it comes to sexism, surely implying that women don't poo is a pretty outlandish example.
(Uncle Comrade, Mon 4 Jan 2010, 23:57, 5 replies)

My mother in law
has had both children and kidney stones.....she went on to tell me that kidney stones are as bad as childbirth.......but childbirth doesnt last for weeks.
I have to say, having had kidney stones, that they fucking hurt. I had one for over a week, and another slightly less painfull one for months.

There you go guys....tell em "kidney stones" and it came from a woman.
(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 1:48, closed)

You can prove what ever you want with facts
There have been a number of scientific studies regarding pain response and gender. They all show the same thing, men feel less pain than woman, and respond less to the pain that they feel.

Balanced against these studies are generations of woman banging on about how they handle pain better than men.

I can’t claim to have the answer, but yesterday the heating in our building was a couple of degrees cooler than normal. The men got on with their work, while the woman constantly moaned about the slightly less comfortable environment, a couple of them even went home because they couldn’t handle the agony any more.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 5 Jan 2010, 8:50, closed)

Woman
Is there a particular woman you are referring to? She sounds really annoying.

Or perhaps you mean women...
(Eggstrovert isnt patronising you...honest..., Tue 5 Jan 2010, 9:29, closed)

Kicked in the bollocks
What chance did poor Martin have when she completely disregarded his argument.

And now the case for the defence, and don't be saying you didn't do it because that doesn't count.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 9:52, closed)

I know, it's totally unfair
and I was about to admonish her for it when Martin's poo comment drove it completely out of my mind, to be replaced by an overwhelming notion of "What?"

Sadly, since women don't have bollocks and men can't give birth it seems this argument is doomed to repeat for all eternity. Although I agree with a point raised elsewhere in this qotw, that at least with childbirth you get several months advance warning.
(Uncle Comrade, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 13:46, closed)