MEN are twice as likely as women to suffer from “sex headaches”, a study suggests.

It flies in the face of the stereotype of females blaming bonce pain to avoid nookie with their partner.

Researchers say the rare condition PHS, “primary headache associated with sexual activity”, may be a predominantly male phenomenon.

Records from headache clinics showed 1.5 per cent of male patients were diagnosed with it, compared with 0.6 per cent of females.

Sufferers said they regularly developed a throbbing upstairs during or after romps , with researchers believing it may be due to “performance anxiety”.

Study author Aleksander Osiowski, of Jagiellonian University in Poland, said: “We know men tend to be more worried about not performing or having problems during sexual intercourse.

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