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by kerakaali 2380 days ago
Well, I'd postulate the origins lie even deeper. Years of male brain-focused research in psychology and neuroscience have not done this misconception any favours. It's only just recently in the past decade that researchers are looking into differences sex has on biological impact wrt drugs. Heck, even until the past few years, consensus by scientists is that perception of pain is the same across males and females [0].

[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00895-3