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09/28/09
IT HURTS!
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I have no doubt that getting hit in the balls hurts more, but a blow to the crotch definitely hurts a lot more than getting hit in, say, the arm.
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09/27/09
So, firstly, my hymen was doomed early in its useless life.
Secondly, I learned to be as wary of crotch hits as any boy in my school.
Later in life I developed a condition which has required me to have a catheter inserted into my inflamed urinary tract on multiple occasions. Each time it happened, I literally passed out from the pain. Until that point I had considered myself pretty tough.
No more.
As bad as that is, I find that the most frightening word in the English language is 'episiotomy'.
I honestly don't understand how the human population has continued, much less, grown.
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first of all, women have on average over 8,000 nerve endings in their clitoris alone, which is more than, and more closely grouped than, men's genitals (penises). which means, basically, that in terms of pain levels, it's more an issue of the size of a target area than anything, with women being likely to suffer greater pain with less liklihood of an accurate strike, and men likely to suffer more pain throughout the course of their life (due to larger target size) but would experience less pain with a "direct hit" so to speak.
that being said: let us consider this article from BBC news which illustrates that women's clitoris (the prime genital area where women have the higher concentration of their nerve endings) is shown to be actually LARGER than the male penile area...and there you have it. near incontestable proof that women will suffer more (if not equal to) men when struck in the genitals.
bbc article: [news.bbc.co.uk]
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not to say you're wrong... just that, you know, in the words of infamous toostie roll commercials, "the world may never know."
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like i said, the world may never know... ;)
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Also, my lil' doggie steps on my boobs ALL THE TIME.
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Miss you all too, though.
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But yeah, I've seen grown men cry over such things, so I completely believe you.
And hi! :)
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Yet somehow it seems almost every day he experiences some kind of pain that's so incomparably bad that he breaks his rule of never ever complaining about pain...
From comparing notes with girlfriends, I don't believe this is all that unique among men.
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At the same time, I don't think guys can even fathom the pain of a period. I mean, when you think about it, it's pretty surreal.
"My time of the month? Oh, yeah, it's just that time when the INSIDES OF MY BODY scrape off and fall out of my vadge and into my pants all the freaking time. The sensation is somewhat like being kicked and punched in the abdomen whilst gaggles of elephants take turns sitting on your backs and legs. It happens for about a week every month of my life and I have to go about my business pretending nothing is different."
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Sufficed to say I take the pill every day and haven't had a period in over 3 years. Get your stabbing knives away from me!
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