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== Real Life ==
* Somewhat [[Truth in Television]], though other men clearly won't actually feel the pain, pretending they do shows sympathy toward the... situation with the other man. Whether men did this before the trope was played for humour, is similar to the chicken and the egg.
** From personal experience, Men aren't cupping out of sympathy, it's because A) If one guy gets hit in the crotch, you don't know if you're next B) You feel a VERY sharp phantom pain C) It's terrifying to watch D) for those that have gotten hit before it's a reminder of the pain. It's sometimes jokingly referenced as a self-defense move. If you're ever surrounded by a group of men, pick out the smallest one and kick him in the crotch, they'll ''all'' go down.
*** There are also cases of females who also react to this as well, but only if the hit was one of the really heavy ones, along with the standard "I'm a girl and even I felt that one" statement.
** Recent research has shown that when you see someone else doing something, the brain fires the same parts that it would if you were doing it yourself, and that includes when you see someone in pain. So when you see someone get nailed in the nads, the brain of a man watching fires in a similar manner.
** It is kind of like why people get freaked out over [[Eye Scream]]. Just seeing, reading or hearing about the pain for some reason causes a fraction of that pain to be felt.
*** ... and sometimes even being reminded of the trope. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
*** [[Tempting Fate|Could be worse]], [[Schmuck Bait|they could have made you picture]] [[Fingore]].
** This entire main point is pretty much how the word "empathy" is defined.
* It's a rare case in introductory anatomy classes when the task of dissecting the genitalia of a male specimen ''isn't'' delegated to a female student. When a male med student does dare volunteer to undertake such a task, he's usually complimented by his classmates for having nerves of steel.
** Don't you mean [[Incredibly Lame Pun|BALLS OF STEEL?!]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPk5mtLMv94&feature=channel_video_title This video] of men watching a video of a man getting a vasectomy.
{{quote|When it comes to their balls, guys don't seem to have any.}}
* Judging by the comments, [http://weepingcock.livejournal.com/642991.html this] ('''NSFW''') entry on the Livejournal community Weepingcock for female readers.
* [[Texts From Last Night]] is just full of little gems like these [https://web.archive.org/web/20180110093433/http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/Text-Replies-4632.html] from the female side. NSFW, obviously.
* Women can very easily sympathize with the "male pain." Despite popular belief and lack of testicles, it's still extremely painful for women to get hit between the legs.

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