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by mbreese 1113 days ago
To save someone else looking for the answer to why being male is a factor here… (which I didn’t know about!)

> Oh, and in case you’re wondering, I have no idea why women tend to be more susceptible to electric currents than men!

The pain thresholds are given in a table that is split by men and women. I believe the assumption is different conductivity between “typical” male/female bodies, but it’s really not spelled out.

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Yes, on one hand it's strange because body fat decreases conductivity, and women have typically larger amount of body fat (25% versus 15%).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218162/

However, men are typically larger, so perhaps that's the reason.

Soo fat people are more shock-resistant too ?