5 painful times male genitalia made the news [View all]

A University of Texas student filed a civil lawsuit against an Austin doctor and the Medspring Urgent Care clinic last week, accusing the doctor for wrongly diagnosing him with “blue balls” – a misdiagnosis which eventually led to the loss of the student’s testicle.

While the student’s attorney has stated that the man suffered “a loss that didn’t need to occur,” this unfortunate tale is only one of the latest in a long line of genitalia-related legal scuffles in the news. Here are five other cringe-worthy instances of note:

• Hazing ritual gone wrong. A fraternity at Wilmington College in Ohio came under fire last year when a brutal hazing ritual led to the loss of a testicle for one pledge.

Gamma Phi Gamma, the self-proclaimed “oldest local fraternity in the country,” forced several pledges to strip naked and endure a series of hazing rituals, including being whipped with towels that were “fashioned like a weapon,” according to University Herald.

Read more: http://austin.blog.statesman.com/2015/08/27/5-painful-times-male-genitalia-made-the-news/

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