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A secret about men
Apr. 23rd, 2010 11:03 amThis post is for the women on my friends list. I REALLY hope I don't get defriended by any of my guy friends on my friends list because of this but I'm sick and tired of the nonsense.
Men are babies. SERIOUS wusses. I realized this a couple of years ago when I read some opinions about women in the military and that women couldn't be trusted in combat because of their delicate natures in regards to bearing pain. It's such a ludicrous assertion that I began to see that men everywhere are complete babies when it comes to pain.
I'm including myself in this. I HATE being in pain and am scared to death of it. But for a gender that prides itself on being manly and tough we are all a bunch of wusses.
I was recently reading a "humorous" article about vasectomies and how there is NO pain for men equal to having your nads sliced open or being kicked in the balls. You always hear guys conceding, "Yeah, childbirth is probably more painful" but for men, you ALWAYS hear that getting whacked in the nuts is the most painful thing that can ever happen to a guy.
It's complete bullshit. It doesn't hurt THAT much. Maybe I've never been whacked down there in exactly the "right" way or, (more likely I think) men overexaggerate the problem to the point of absurdity. I think a lot of men are obsessed with their genitals and wrap their entire identity around their manhood. So much so that they consider anything bad happening to it to be the worst thing ever. As someone who has undergone quite a few medical problems and procedures that were unbearably painful I can easily tell you it's not even in the same ballpark. Chrones disease hurts MUCH worse than that (I had that as a kid). So does a spinal tap (and I'm guessing) kidney stones. Or having your wisdom teeth removed without drugs (that's happened to me too). And I'm guessing a bone marrow transplant is all kinds of worse from what I hear even though I've never had one. Heck, I would rather be kicked in the nads than hit in the open eye (the eyeball is WAAAAYYYY more sensitive) because the testicles at least have SOME form of protection in the skin covering them.
I actually expect some of my male friends on this journal to argue with me about this and to tell me I'm wrong, but I'm not. I've read TOO many complaints from guys over-obsessed with their genitals to actually take ANY gripes about this seriously.
Update: The wise, exalted StinkingBishop noted in the comments to this entry that stubbing your toe is worse than the average "nadwhack" (his words). I'm adding it as an update because it's completely true.
Men are babies. SERIOUS wusses. I realized this a couple of years ago when I read some opinions about women in the military and that women couldn't be trusted in combat because of their delicate natures in regards to bearing pain. It's such a ludicrous assertion that I began to see that men everywhere are complete babies when it comes to pain.
I'm including myself in this. I HATE being in pain and am scared to death of it. But for a gender that prides itself on being manly and tough we are all a bunch of wusses.
I was recently reading a "humorous" article about vasectomies and how there is NO pain for men equal to having your nads sliced open or being kicked in the balls. You always hear guys conceding, "Yeah, childbirth is probably more painful" but for men, you ALWAYS hear that getting whacked in the nuts is the most painful thing that can ever happen to a guy.
It's complete bullshit. It doesn't hurt THAT much. Maybe I've never been whacked down there in exactly the "right" way or, (more likely I think) men overexaggerate the problem to the point of absurdity. I think a lot of men are obsessed with their genitals and wrap their entire identity around their manhood. So much so that they consider anything bad happening to it to be the worst thing ever. As someone who has undergone quite a few medical problems and procedures that were unbearably painful I can easily tell you it's not even in the same ballpark. Chrones disease hurts MUCH worse than that (I had that as a kid). So does a spinal tap (and I'm guessing) kidney stones. Or having your wisdom teeth removed without drugs (that's happened to me too). And I'm guessing a bone marrow transplant is all kinds of worse from what I hear even though I've never had one. Heck, I would rather be kicked in the nads than hit in the open eye (the eyeball is WAAAAYYYY more sensitive) because the testicles at least have SOME form of protection in the skin covering them.
I actually expect some of my male friends on this journal to argue with me about this and to tell me I'm wrong, but I'm not. I've read TOO many complaints from guys over-obsessed with their genitals to actually take ANY gripes about this seriously.
Update: The wise, exalted StinkingBishop noted in the comments to this entry that stubbing your toe is worse than the average "nadwhack" (his words). I'm adding it as an update because it's completely true.
