It's the ampere that kills, not the voltage. Spark-plugs in a car or a motorcycle sends bursts of electricity at 10 kilo-volts with very low amps. I've heard it hurts like hell, but that's about it. When I studied to be an electrician I learned that the deadly amount of amperes lies around 0,2 - 0,35. Anything higher, if you're lucky enough to survive, will severely burn you and cause breathing problems. Although you need enough voltage for the current to penetrate your skin.
actually around about 0.07 last i checked, a very small amount of amperes, and as little as 50v can kill a person. its where you put the prongs that is also a factor. on the arm, it will ******* hurt, on the chest, most likely you just live defibbed yourself.
source: Level 3 Electrical Installation college student. still in education.
fully educated electrican here. i learned that you can be killed at pretty low levels of volt, but its the ampere that really kills you. but its always where you get electrocuted thats important. in norway if it goes thru your body you need to get put in a hospital for 24 hours under watch, because the herts and the ampere can **** up your heart and your heart rythm. also there are alot of studies that point to that getting electrocuted will have damage later on, like muscle and bone damage.
Other way around, bucko, as men have higher pain threshholds. Only during later stages of pregnancy and childbirth do women have higher tolerance to pain, as their bodies prepare them for the physical trauma. Talking in general terms, of course.
It makes more sense evolutionarily for the more physical and violence-dependent sex to handle pain better.