How does your text explain the fact that the pain threshold is lower among women than among men? Is this a bottom-up or a top-down account?
A) Women are not encouraged to be stoic in the face of pain. This is a bottom-up account.
B) Women have more pain receptors in their skin than do men. This is a bottom-up account.
C) Women are not encouraged to be stoic in the face of pain. This is a top-down account.
D) Women have more pain receptors in their skin than do men. This is a top-down account.

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The text explains that women have more pain receptors in their skin than men, which is a bottom-up account. Choice A is incorrect because it refers to a social and cultural phenomenon, not a biological one. Choice C and D are incorrect because they refer to top-down accounts, which would involve psychological or social factors influencing pain perception rather than physical differences in the body.

How Does Your Text Explain the Fact That the Pain