Why Don't We Attack The Genitals?

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Other primates will attack the genitals of their enemies, going so far as to rip them off during a fight.

Why don't humans do this? Would the world be a better or worse place if men immediately went for each other's genitals during a fight?
 

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I think that's on the realm of the "unwritten rules of society". In a more formal way, every sport bans attacks to an opponent's groin area. You have this agreed-upon guarantee that no one's gonna try to rip your dick off your body, while you can't do so to another person.

Also, since a blow to the nuts will deliver severe, disabling pain, it is seen as a quick and dishonorable way to put an end to a fight.
 

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I think that's on the realm of the "unwritten rules of society". In a more formal way, every sport bans attacks to an opponent's groin area. You have this agreed-upon guarantee that no one's gonna try to rip your dick off your body, while you can't do so to another person.

Also, since a blow to the nuts will deliver severe, disabling pain, it is seen as a quick and dishonorable way to put an end to a fight.

Do you think it is an instinctual thing? I have to say the idea does seem wrong to me in a way I can't explain. If it is instinctual why do we have this instinct?

I'm not some great student of history, but I think some ancient royal courts had eunuchs as members of the court and guards of harems. So there doesn't seem to be a natural desire to never harm another man's genitals. However, these were all voluntary. They weren't forced or done during combat.
 

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I'm still just trying to figure out that whenever I see videos of two guys getting ready to fight at least one of them feels the need to strip down half naked like they're in Braveheart or a Spartan warrior. It can't be to intimidate the other guy since most of them are skinny ass punks with bird chests and pipe cleaner arms, so maybe they think it makes them more aerodynamic? Combine this with the posturing, unproductive flapping of arms and blows that aren't even trying to connect has convinced me most guys that are always fighting don't know the first thing about actually fighting.

BTW: You might have posted this in AAM for more responses as I don't think getting into fights is the exclusive realm of straight dudes.
 

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I'm still just trying to figure out that whenever I see videos of two guys getting ready to fight at least one of them feels the need to strip down half naked like they're in Braveheart or a Spartan warrior. It can't be to intimidate the other guy since most of them are skinny ass punks with bird chests and pipe cleaner arms, so maybe they think it makes them more aerodynamic? Combine this with the posturing, unproductive flapping of arms and blows that aren't even trying to connect has convinced me most guys that are always fighting don't know the first thing about actually fighting.

BTW: You might have posted this in AAM for more responses as I don't think getting into fights is the exclusive realm of straight dudes.

Part of it is so that there's less for the other guy to grab onto. It's why bodyguards in suits wear clip-on ties that detach easily- harder to grapple against.

Also, anectodally, and at the risk of sounding like a serial murderer, I attack the genitals if somebody else starts the fight (which is almost always since I've been young - starting a fight is such douchebag behavior unless somebody is in immediate danger). I've been in enough fights that have resulted me in slamming my head against another surface and miraculously surviving without a concussion or TBI that I don't bother fucking around any more, and the temporary sting of getting one's nuts slammed or squeezed is probably far safer than the risk of somebody getting a bone fracture, laceration, or permanent organ or brain damage the longer a fight goes on.
 
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Well, it actually is a self-defense move. If you cannot run away or find a escape route, it is an easy way to disable your opponent. Probably one of the smartest ways to end a fight. If you didn't start the fight, what is the problem with it? Your safety is more important than your "honor". Ppl that like to fight die earlier anyway.

That being said, it is very hard to enter in a fight nowadays. Choose your friends well and avoid dealing with certain types of ppl. You can easily read thy body language of ppl that like to provoke fights.
 

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Other primates will attack the genitals of their enemies, going so far as to rip them off during a fight.

Why don't humans do this? Would the world be a better or worse place if men immediately went for each other's genitals during a fight?
Since bigger genitals would be easier target in time all humans would be average leaving you without trolling material.
Luckily we are not trapped on the Wally zone.
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Since bigger genitals would be easier target in time all humans would be average leaving you without trolling material.
Luckily we are not trapped on the Wally zone.
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Twilight Zone was such a great show. Truly timeless. Rod Serling was one of the greatest writers in television history.
 

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Twilight Zone is the greatest show ever made. Anyone who disagrees should be shunned.



We do smash others heads into the pavement. There's plenty of dudes sitting in the joint for doing exactly that.
 

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Other primates will attack the genitals of their enemies, going so far as to rip them off during a fight.

Why don't humans do this? Would the world be a better or worse place if men immediately went for each other's genitals during a fight?
There are other social implications to physical conflict when it comes to fighting, specifically a human, sentient sense of honor.
I'd argue the nature of the physical combat determines the likelihood of genitals being attacked; in that self defense and/or invasion, genocides(remember OT God's predilection for foreskins) you'll see genitals being fair game...but in conflicts of a more structured fashion, where the combat is ritualistic, taking such an easy route carries social consequences, specifically a loss of respect or reverence for the combatant, even if victorious.