Between 2002 and 2010, 142,144 adults went to the emergency room with "genitourinary" injuries. Sporting equipment (bikes, bats, various balls) were the products most likely to be involved in such an injury, appearing in 30% of all cases. This is probably not a surprise to anyone who has watched "America's Funniest Home Videos". What is a little surprising: Men only accounted for 69% of the injuries. Ow. My ovaries. (Via Ivan Oransky)

  • DE

    69%, you say?

  • huskerdont

    69%, you say?

    • http://maggiekb.com/ Maggie Koerth-Baker

      I figured I’d let you guys take that one. 

      • http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher

        The whole point, though, is that it’s about give and take…

      • mappo

         Lobbing soft balls like that, someone is bound to take a swing at them.

  • jandrese

    Why is that surprising?  Are womanly bits supposed to be indestructible or something?   While they are better protected than the guy versions, a wild swing of a golf club can do damage regardless. 

    • http://maggiekb.com/ Maggie Koerth-Baker

      Mainly because, as a lady, such an injury has only really happened to me once (unfortunate pogo stick accident when I was in grade school). And I can’t remember seeing it happen to any other ladies around me. Whereas, it seems like guys are getting smacked in the nuts all the time. 

      • Nat trax

        Unfortunate pogo stick accident might be my favorite description of an injury ever.

      • jandrese

        Contrary to what TV or movies like Jackass tell you, most guys try to avoid getting hit in the jewels. 

  • http://www.geekman.ca GeekMan

    Those gags in 80s movies where a girl kicks another girl in the groin, and the other girl just smirks and says: “Not used to fighting other ladies, huh?” before laying her opponent out with a well-placed right-hook? Yeah… not so much.

    Nobody likes a kick in the junk. 

  • MonkeyBoy

    Some people wind up needing Labiaplasty (NSFW) due to injuries. (Wow some people have put a lot of work and pictures into that Wikipedia article, almost like they have a fetish)

    • http://www.geekman.ca GeekMan

      Wikiphilia?

  • Lobster

    Tired of genitourinary injuries caused by ordinary bats?  New!  http://thumbnails.hulu.com/44/40039044/40039044_384x288_generated.jpg

    • http://whimsicalacious.tumblr.com/ Patrick McGorrill

       This. I want to know what percentage of injuries were caused by youths playing some version of the hit each other in the crotch game.

  • SamSam

    Oh my, this reminds me of the leg-crossing Vagina Monologue about the girl who broke her “coochie-snorcher.”

    The best/most cringe-worthy part was when the girl’s father tells her that they’re going to fix her up and “get you the best coochie-snorcher money can buy, and when you get a husband, he’s going to know it was custom made for him.”

    [Paraphrasing, memory may be bad]