Normalize hitting men in the balls
There's such a taboo around it even for self defense and there shouldn't be. Obviously if a man is trying to physically assult you there should be no hesitation, but also I think it would be good to give a sack tap when they're being annoying. Especially if they say something mysoginistic. You don't need to argue against male superiority when you can just demonstrate how silly it is.
Similarly, self defense classes should ban athletic cups. That way, men and women alike will realize that men are a lot more vulnerable than pop culture leads us to believe. It's *so* cathartic. Plus, it will allow us to develop techniques that could serve useful when we are in a real self defense situation (a molester is not going to be wearing a cup).
I suspect this taboo stems from the boxing world. It's considered to be "not a fair fight" when the fight is between two men, for one to hit the other "below the belt." So they set up rules to take that option off the table, but only for prize fighting. In a street fight, everything is fair.
But man vs woman is already not a fair fight. Women should use every means available to them in a fight. Men do.
Safa Hussain, in Disobedient Under Patriarchy, had this to say:
Men have a raging fear of getting their balls attacked. Use it or exploit it. Male felt afraid because his ‘secret’ that he’s actually very weak and easy to defeat is out. "Your balls is your weakness and I know that lol" I replied "Yes they are... But you hurt them even without kicking. And I am somehow grateful. Never felt that way." Responded Male What terrifies and degrades men to their core is a. Reminding them that balls make them weak, inferior, and subject to intense pain b. That you know that c. That you are willing to hurt balls, knowing the traumatic pain and loss of self-confidence it will bring, and that you will enjoy it Like imagine, a male expressing how much he would suffer if you hit his balls, expecting he would get sympathy, but instead it’s you just laughing and saying "that’s so funny, can I cause you that suffering? I really want to see for myself." He’s hurt because his little secret is out. His biggest insecurity is being made fun of openly. Men are insecure about their balls that’s why they tried so hard to change the narrative around them. Associating balls with power and authority. There is a different between making fun of his stupid hairstyle, or his balding, and to make fun of his ball pain. I think what horrifies males in a way when they hear the laughter or notice the smiles and the joy from Women, is a kind of loneliness in pain that I’m the only one feeling bad here, but feeling bad makes them happy. I’m in so much pain and they don’t care, they are not worried, they are not concerned. Like, sometimes I see videos of accidental hits to the nuts and the Woman is trying to say sorry but she can’t complete the sentence because she can’t stop laughing so much at him. I think in a way that is a moment when males deal with their spend-ability. They don’t matter, their pain doesn’t matter, their suffering doesn’t matter, Girls are jumping for joy and high-fiving each other, your suffering is entertainment to them.
