who handles pain better male or female?

You have a point, but are men handling mental pain or disassociating and denying?

Men compartmentalize. This can be beneficial in some ways and a detriment in other ways. I once had it described to me like this...Men have different rooms in their brain to store different events,feeling, thoughts, etc. Women's brains are like a bowl of spaghetti. All intertwined. It's certainly not scientific, but it seems to hold true in many cases. My overall vote is that women are definitely stronger in all aspects. They just seem to be able to handle more. Just ask a man to switch places with a woman for a day and see what happens. It would make for great comic relief