I've currently got the men's version of this saddle on my bike, and well, not so comfy. Not really any soft tissue pain, but it hurts on my pubic bones, farther forward than usual saddle pain (i.e., not on the sit-bones). It's a 143mm, but when I got measured, it was a toss up between this and the bigger size, so I decided to just stick with this saddle and see what happens.

How much different is the women's saddle really? It's so expensive, and they look kinda similar.

I'm pretty tough in 'that area' because of all the time I've spent in English saddles (some of them very hard and flat--one, my trainer called the wooden maxipad)

I was never in love with this saddle, but I didn't want to spend the $$ on a different one until this weekend. First back to back rides of some distance, including some rough terrain (bridges, tree root bumps), and it was hard to sit down at first at the start of day two. No way I'd ever make it through a century. Ever.

Think my problem is the cushioning? Proportion (men's vs women's) or should I go up a size too?