In your opinion what do you think is more painful: a kick in the balls or childbirth?

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Obviously no one can ever know for sure which one is actually worse so I'm just curious what everyone thinks is worse. I think understanding the opposite genders pain a bit will help us be more respectful of each other.
Also do you think a kick in the balls is more painful than period cramps?
I think childbirth is probably the most painful, followed by kick in the balls and period cramps would be the least painful out of the three.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Childbirth 100%. I think a lot of women underestimate how painful a hit to balls can be, but it's still infinitely less painful than childbirth. One of the things you have to take into consideration is duration. Some women are in labor for days and push for hours. There's also multiple kinds of pain, the pressure of the weight of the baby, the actual contractions which can be felt in the uterus and in the back, and what is know as the ring of fire. That's the technical term. Contractions are often measure by if you can talk through them or not. Can a guy get hit in the balls hard? Yes. But it's not often they're hit so hard that they can't even wheeze out an 'ow' or 'I'm okay'. Once you hit active labor there is no talking during contractions they're so painful. It's also worth taking into consideration what's happening with hormones and how women during childbirth get through that pain. Women have a higher pain tolerance on average than men do, so for us to be 100% capacitated, we can't move or talk or think, that pain is likely more extreme than what a man experiences while at that same state. It's also worth noting that women don't remember giving birth, and it's been shown that the biological reason for this is because it's so excruciating and so traumatic that our brain blocks it out. If it didn't, no one would have more than one kid. There is a measurement of pain called a Del, and while it can be subjective from person to person, it makes it easier to get a general idea. There is a limit to how much pain humans can feel before blacking out. That limit is 45 Del's of pain. Getting hit in the balls hurts and tends to measure in at

yoshi_wanna_ask · Accepted Answer

I'm thinking similar to you;
Child birth
Bad cramps
Hard kick to the balls
Kick to the balls
Regular cramps

But see, period cramps don't often go away. Not only that but you can have really bad period cramps and regular cramps. To give you an idea, (hold onto your hat, but you asked, you'll be okay) when a girl has her period, it's her body taking the nice, cushy lining it's built around her womb and over a week tearing it off in chunks using hundreds of contractions. The closest thing I can compare it to is, it feels like a bad cramp you get in your leg, but it's also really hot and stays around for a week.

Normally the pain only goes away when you find the right strength pain killer for you or it's over. I'm sure girls will tell you all kinds of horror stories now that you've asked but I do know nut kicking can really, really hurt for guys. If 'cramps' was something that only happened and then went away then maybe happened later, I'd probably say that guys had it worse. But because it's constant, I have to give it to the girls.

Lyndsielee666 · Accepted Answer

I literally thought I was dying when I gave birth with no pain meds. Felt like someone ripping my shit in half slow as fuck for an hour straight but I dont remember the pain anymore so 🤷‍♀️

anshul177 · Accepted Answer

Kick in balls are much painfull then giving birth to pregnant I have copy an article from a website :→My grandmother gave birth to 6 kids. My grandma was a small lady and they were all challenging and painful births with the doctor always telling her to never have any more.

She also passed a few kidney stones later in life. She always said passing those stones was so much more painful than giving birth that it didn't compare.

So... Any guys here pass kidney stones? How does that compare to getting kicked in the balls? If we can agree getting kicked in the balls is worse than passing a kidney stone, then it must also be worse than giving birth.

Then again, I bet some women who have also done both things would say the reverse, that giving birth is more painful than passing kidney stones.

To add to that line of thought: my wife had no drugs and using natural, traditional techniques pushed my son out and claimed it was painless. Her experience giving birth was completely different from my grandmothers.

Conclusion: pain is subjective and is impossible to really compare all that well.

Chaz269 · Accepted Answer

Obviously childbirth is the most painful. Definitely nut strike is second, and cramps third.
You can read or hear from many women who have experienced gall stones or kidney stones as well as childbirth. Most women indicate that the pain is comparable, or that the stones are worse. Likely because stones don't trigger the release of endorphins and oxytocin like childbirth does. So, while not all men will experience stones, those who do, are likely to better understand the pain of childbirth, contrary to what many women have otherwise suggested.
Me? I don't want any part of either. I've had crippling gas pains that hurt more than a line drive to the jewels without a cup. Anything that's widely reported to suck more, y'all can divvy up my share.

undercoverbadgirl · Answer

I think childbirth 100%. For one thing women have higher pain threshold than men and I’ve actually read somewhere that at the level of pain that a woman experienced during childbirth a man would have already passed out, since it’s beyond male pain threshold. Obviously all of these are averages and there could be outliers I suppose. A kick in the balls does sound very painful though due to the concentration of nerves in the area and how the pain radiates. Cramps can get super bad, I personally have PCOS and before I was diagnosed and went on the pill mine were unbearable - I mean I just rolled around my bed in a little ball and cried. That being said I do have a genetic disorder so it wouldn’t be that bad for an average girl - it’s not that bad for me anymore since I’m on the pill! Thereby I agree with your rating of them by pain. 1- childbirth, 2 - balls kick, 3- cramps. I’ve also heard cramps are basically a little like childbirth but 1000 times milder

bente2 · Answer

“No one can know for sure” honey.. yes we can. Child birth literally hurts so much our body shuts out. People die of childbirth (even when in a hospital). It can take LONGER than 24 hours to deliver a child sometimes, and it’s a continious rush of pain. That’s what contractions are, just pain pain pain, and then you need to push a watermelon out of a hole the size of about a manderin.

A kick to the balls is simply feeling organs go inside you, feeling absolutely sick, maybe vomiting, and eventually moving on. I’d rather take 10 kicks to the balls than bear a child, if it were an option.

Period cramps also hella hurt.

AlienParasite · Answer

It's complex. Are different types of pain and the pain you suffer is variable, so different guys stand differently a kick and there are women who give birth unexpectly and without pain and other women have many trouble.

The pain of a kick in the balls depends on how the subject perceive pain, and also force of the kick. The pain of a woman related to childbirth and period are not based in a force hitting you but in a pain that last too much, hours, and then you get tired and the more tired you get the more pain you feel.

So the question could be, what's worst: a really high pain that lasts short or a medium pain that lasts long?

Then I think a kick in the balls in the most extreme circumstances can be more painful, however I still think a childbirth is a worst pain because of the time. I prefer to suffer quick than slow.

Eva323 · Answer

Birthing pains last longer. It can take weeks to recover if you tear and days if you don’t. Plus there’s the pain of the contractions which is similar to menstral cramps times about a thousand. The birth itself can last over 24 hours. So if getting kicked in the nads is comparable you’d have to be kicked repeatedly for AT LEAST 4 hours for the overall experience to compare.
BUT, we can recover from pregnancy. A few well placed kicks to the privates can permanently damage them and render men infertile and hormone deficient since the testes produce testosterone. Four hours of kicking even if less painful is still more damaging.

BesrkirAstrid · Answer

Well when i get kicked in mine (am trans) it is a short bref pain but i don't think twice about it (am a norse woman and just had a tooth out and have not take pain killers, Valhalla!)
However child birth maybe painful in fact me and my mum were talking about this and she said when she had me her valver was cut open making more room for me too pass through it. Plus carring a child and having the extra weight would kill your back and make your boobs grow (the milk you produce makes them grow) so i would only assume child birth is worse than being kicked in the knackers ^^.

LanayLuckie · Answer

Period cramps can last 1-5 days depending on the girl. It can put you down for a few days, cause back pain and nausea, it can cause mood swings and turn you into a completely different person. I think a kick in the balls will be last on the pain chart. Both can cause you to walk funny.

xXSaturnXx · Answer

Oh it's one of these again.
Right, when you get kicked in the balls, it hurts, but most of the pain is actually just an intense sick feeling in the pit of your stomach that lasts a good few minutes. Sure it can damage your balls and no doubt it does, but after about 15 minutes you'll be fine again.

Now, here's were childbirth is different. First off, it's not like fitting a watermelon through a penny sized hole, that would be impossible. Dilation has to occur and then the vagina stretches to allow the passage and birth of the child BUT it IS extremely painful, like ACTUAL pain, the kind of pain that requires painkillers piped DIRECTLY INTO YOUR SPINE. Then imagine this, your vagina can rip, your taint can rip, causing your vagina and butthole to become ONE. Now, I'm not sure about you, but if I had balls, I'd happily trade childbirth for a good swift boot to the nuts any day.

lindazilbert23 · Answer

Women's and men's pain threshold is different. Pain during childbirth is incomparable to anything else and men could never tolerate it.
Also, there are the different kinds of pain - kick in the balls is a traumatic pain, while childbirth pain and period cramps come from the inside of your body, they can't really be compared. But anyway childbirth is the most painful out of all three for sure

JewelWatt · Answer

I've never given birth, but I would say its worse because of the following reasons:
1 .) Most women are drugged up with pain relievers and still scream from pain. For obvious reasons (look up how much a womens vagina has to stretch during child birth)
2.) The pain lasts for hours. Even after the birthing is over, most still feel pain. Some even for months (mostly from the doctors given women an extra stitch to "tighten" her vagina, which is completely false and ends up causing pain to the woman at hand)
3.) Child birth leads to ya know: having a baby. Which means staying up all night and giving up your freedom for like, 18 years. Thats gotta hurt lol.
Getting hit in the balls may hurt a lot, but the pain is temperorary. Childbirth's pain is for Life.

AuroraRoseat · Answer

I agree with your choice. I haven't had to deal with childbirth, but it's painful (or so I have heard). Then again, there's a shot in which a woman doesn't feel anything during the birth.

I've been kicked in the vagina before and that hurt worse than cramps. So I couldn't imagine being socked in the balls. I would say that would be up next.

ErzasCheesecake · Answer

I agree with your ranking.
Fun fact, some women dislocate their hips when giving childbirth, others pass out from pain on the table, or tear the literal lining between their anus and their vaginas.
Kicks in the balls hurt, like actual hell, but the pain most likely doesn't INCREASE in intensity over the course of hours (Sometimes even days if you are lucky!), it might, but I don't really think it does.
Some women period cramps feel as bad as childbirth, my grandma and mother both told me that labor pains were so incredibly close to their cramps that they almost couldn't tell the difference at first.
But for the general populous I don't think period cramps are as bad as labor pains.

emmily2396 · Answer

How can you even compare? Women can die during childbirth... Some need to be cut down there because their vagina can't stretch enough for the baby to get out and it can break... which would cause them pain for months... Some women have problems with their pelvic bones after birth... I get that a kick in the balls may be unexpected, but seriously, you can't compare.

weasley8 · Answer

According to doctors and years of science, childbirth.

I am willing to concede that getting kicked in the balls probably hurts more than period cramps. However, period cramps go on all day, all week, every month. And they are accompanied by headaches, bloating, breast tenderness, acne, fatigue, back pain, increased hunger, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, all sorts of hormones which often result in increased sex drive despite the fact that very few people are willing to actually have sex while on their period, and of course the blood itself, which is often brown and gross by the end of the week. So I still don't think you'd want to trade, but feel free to let me know if I'm wrong. :)

Midnight_Kiss · Answer

I've never gone through either but after having my contraceptive coil come out of place and perforate my cervix and being dismissed by doctor's as the pain being in my head and then three weeks later being told that the pain I was in was labour pains due to my bodies reaction to a foreign object in my uterus, I would have to say/guess a kick in the balls is worse because that didn't handicap me granted I do have a high pain tolerance but when all said and done woman volunteer to go through childbirth, I've not once known a bloke asked to be kicked in the balls.

TrixiePooch · Answer

Haven't had a child yet so have no idea but it doesn't sound like fun. Yet a friend had a pretty easy childbirth. The doctor didn't even believe she was in labor and was ready to send her home but 10 minutes later it popped out like toaster strudel. Easiest childbirth I ever saw. So in that instance I would say a nut cracker.

Jaguar1818 · Answer

I have never experienced childbirth so I wouldn't know. I would figure childbirth to be more painful though as it is likely I will have the same issue as my mother and be unable to give birth normally. I would probably have to be cut open, which I would figure to be more painful than a kick to the testicles. However the most painful thing I have ever felt so far in my life would have to be the time I was kept in the ICU for vomiting blood. My entire body hurt and the bed wouldn't stop moving so I couldn't sleep through the pain. Plus all the needles and wires made it difficult to lay in any position other than on my back.

coralee · Answer

Labour hands down. The pain from getting kicked in the balls lasts for a significantly shorter amount of time. Labour last hours. Add on top that getting kicked in the balls the pain comes from one centralized area though it may radiate out. The pain from labour is coming from multiple areas at once add on top of that many women rip their vaginal tissue from stretching when the baby comes out. I do think getting kicked in the balls hurts more then the average period cramps, as most women can still function while on their period. I wouldn't say the same for women with endometriosis though. Cramps associated with that can be debilitating.

Anonymous · Answer

Childbirth and pms are worse than getting kicked in the balls.

Childbirth= I heard that it feels like shitting a watermelon for hours.

PMS: imagine that something was scraping away the walls inside your stomach with 10 sharp knives while twisting your ovaries at random times during the day. At the same time, there is a fire engulfing your entire lower abdomen. Now imagine that your limbs are being pulled in opposite directions by a truck. This is the pain we feel for days. We only get through it with midol.

ADFSDF1996 · Answer

I don’t really think either can be compared to each other but here is something to consider. Childbirth is a bodily function while a kick to the testicles isn’t. A woman can still have more children after childbirth while a man may not be able to have children after he gets hit down there.

The reason why these two are incomparable is because it’s been proven that women feel pain more intensely than men do, while men on average have a higher pain tolerance.

The reason why people say childbirth is more painful is because of how men react to “ childbirth simulators” which are used to try make men experience a simulation of child birth. The one thing people seem to forget is that men don’t have uteruses or female genitalia so what a man feels during these simulators is not the same thing women feel during childbirth. All these simulations do is shock the man’s abdomen.

A more accurate comparison would be comparing childbirth to breasts getting twisted and pulled.

Jooying · Answer

I once heard a very interesting statement, of course it’s a joke. It says: you would heard a woman said let’s get another kid, but you never heard a guy said give my balls another kick.

BackBreaker · Answer

I'd say childbirth is by far the most painful, seeing as it may last for hours and, sometimes, days.
My period cramps are like sharp, stabbing pains. They're debilitating and at times I can't do anything but sleep. Not to mention, they're constant and occur every month.
While I'm sure a good kick in your balls may last that long, are you really being kicked every month?
I'd rather be kicked in the balls once in my life as opposed to period cramps every month.

ChgzDaniel · Answer

Childbirth hurts more and does more damage to the body. But with the ball kicking there is no payoff, no child, and can happen at any moment. I believe ball kicking is more painful than the average period cramps. Some women have problems with their wombs that sound pretty painful though.

Jenny4455 · Answer

Childbirth first, I mean you can easily tear A lot doing that, then for me I'd say period cramps. Mine are so bad first day or 2 I can barely move. Guy gets kicked in the balls he's back on his feet I a few minutes

DinaM · Answer

I haven't experienced neither childbirth not ball-kicks, but I'd guess that childbirth would be vastly more painful. Not to mention, it lasts for a LOT longer.

I hardly ever have period cramps, so I'm lucky there. When I'm on my period I tend to just be kinda achey and sleepwalk through everything.

SilverBri · Answer

Child birth, I'll never forget my mom's screams when she gave birth to my little brother. Cramps are bad but us girls don't fall to the ground in pain over it so I guess getting kicked in the balls is worse lol

VIVANT · Answer

If both lasted for 48 hours , possibly kick in balls or even... if your balls were in a Vice being squeezed for two days , that wins. But a kick is a kick not 2000 kicks. So birth. obviously 🙄

Blunique · Answer

I don't like comparing. I would rather just appreciate the other sex and enjoy their company. Being respectful to each other instead of who has it worst or who is better.

fauchelevent · Answer

I'd say same as you, childbirth is most painful, then kick in the balls then period cramps. However, period cramps do go on for like 5 days whereas a kick in the balls hurts and then probably hurts for a day or two. Short, sharp pain vs less pain but over a longer period.

just_a_potato · Answer

Childbirth. though being kicked in the balls might hurt more at the moment, childbirth can last up to 2 days and even result in death, I'd rather be kicked in the nuts

IU_092 · Answer

I never gave birth to a child so i wouldn't know, about period cramps. You get kicked in your balls once and it lasts for like 5 minute while our monthly period goes on for a week. So, don't pity us honey. This just shows how much pain a women can endure. Hope I helped. Cheerios

LaurynChung · Answer

I don't know how they are painful because I've experienced neither of them. I've seen a boy in my class who was kicked in his balls. It must be really painful because his scream was really terrible.
But labor takes at least 8~9 hours if it is her first delivery. And I heard that it is more painful than the pain caused by cancer. My mom was delivered of me without epidural and it was the greatest pain she has ever experienced in her life. In contrast, some women say that labor is painful but they could deal with it with an epidural.
To wrap it up,
Labor with an epidural < Being kicked in balls <Labor without an epidural

SammyGurl · Answer

Childbirth, let us know when you pass a bowling ball how much it hurt, then you'll know childbirth hurts more in duration and intensity!

Tomblebee · Answer

Well.. given that of those three things a kick in the balls is the most avoidable I say you had it coming.

lomimore · Answer

I don't know how a kick i the balls feels like u don't know how period cramp feels, how about we equal them

XTropicalchickX · Answer

Childbirth and period cramps. I'm not saying that a kick in the balls doesn't hurt, but having had horrible period cramps I'd say that it's worse.

jmmnjnn · Answer

I've never had babies and I don't have balls either... but I'm going to have to go with child birth. Only because labor can last hours with contractions (even just that part is probably worse than getting kicked in the balls) and then there's the part where you push a baby out of your fuckin body, which usually tears your shit up. That's insane and terrifying and beautiful all at the same time lol

weysally · Answer

I gave birth to two girls, both were not too bad, a little pain but the end result was the most precious gift in the world,
a kick in the testicles not only maybe painful but at the end no gift, maybe some damage
so weighing up those two factors I would have to say that a kick would be worse

Wolf_bite666 · Answer

Well I don't have ball nor have I had the task of forcing out a child. But I can say that the pain of childbirth is a pain of being torn abart slowly which was a form of middevil tourcher. Also the duration of the pain if childbirth is generally longer lasting.

Fitness-Fanatic · Answer

Kick in the balls, because women are offered pain relief during childbirth lol

But if they don't accept pain relief, childbirth is far worse. It can last for hours and hours. And the pain can last for days after giving birth. Some women need stitches after giving birth. They can hardly sit down for weeks

princessfromjupiter · Answer

Childbirth is said to be the most painful experience there is not for nothing my dude...

SoulfullWanderer · Answer

As a female, I would have to say childbirth is worse. I've never given birth before, but I'm never going to.

anonuser0831 · Answer

childbirth bc of how much longer it is. after awhile (im speculating here), but after the guy gets kicked, the pain will prolly linger for a bit, but eventually go away. childbirth can take as little to 2 hrs but up to like 15 (also speculating, im not an expert) so each event would prolly hurt the same, but childbirth sould just last so much longer

Branwenn · Answer

I'm going with childbirth, kick in the balls then cramps. It might depend on the kick though. ;)

AnnasiaB · Answer

childbirth is the worts definitely, but here's my question. How does kick in the balls feel honestly?

Gopnik · Answer

i had heard somewhere that it was similar although i really don't know, a kick in the balls is painful as fuuuuuck but i don't think it's comparable to childbirth.
if i find a study i'll respond to this comment with the link if not well than i just won't respond.

Texas_born · Answer

Well, I'm a woman, and I have not had any kids, so I can't speak from personal experience in either case.
But I would have to say childbirth.
Much respect to all the Moms out there who have endured the tremendous pain of bringing life into the world.

Unknowndesire · Answer

Honestly child birth is different for everyone on a rate scale of 1-10 my pain was a 5-6 with no epidural. I was able to talk just not think. Not sure how a mans balls feel when hit but yeah I think popping a dislocated finger back in place hurt more than child birth

Grayce · Answer

Childbirth obviously hurts more, imagine hours of being in pain and pushing another human out of you. And period cramps hurts like hell or so am told considering i have never had them, but my friend has them, and she takes pills but they don't help, sometimes she rolls on the floor crying in pain.

AriLx · Answer

Childbirth is obviously the hardest of all. Dont know about a kick in the balls but i think that period cramps are less painful than a kick. 🙅‍♀️ i honestly dont know why women it make seem like they're dying when they have period cramps. 🤦‍♀️for example, my sister would LITERALLY be in the hospital every month for a day or two feeding on pain killers. 🤷‍♀️

jeremythedrummer · Answer

Childbirth may involve perineal tears and definitely hours of labour, and a good kick to the nuts could rupture a testicle and/or tear the scrotum.

So i dont really know. Both hurt like hell.

And to the girls claiming a ball kick hurts only for a few minutes, you are wrong. A serious kick could hurt for much longer than that.

hot_wet_summer · Answer

as someone who is currently on her period... cramps are a BITCH

MBhatnagar · Answer

Childbirth , it's even proven scientifically that the pain is quite out of range of the pain humans can tolerate.
Getting a kick in the balls might be painful agreed, but certainly giving birth is many more times painful. As for understanding the other person's pain , that's a nice move.

LegateLanius · Answer

No one will ever actually know which is more painful at the peak. Childbirth takes hours on end so the bell curve is going to stagger towards childbirth being more painful in the long term. However, as no one has balls and can give birth, we can not know the painful peak.

VaIiant · Answer

Childbirth. Anyone who thinks a kick in the balls is equivalent to several hours of labor (my mother had an 18 hour labor that eventually resulted in an emergency C-section.) is a moron.

tianarose23 · Answer

For sure childbirth, there is absolutely no pain you can relate it to. For me, cramps are second because mine are so painful that I'm sometimes in tears

Melodie_Flowers · Answer

This is far too difficult to determine since I have never had either happen to me.  However, I would put both events at least a 20 on a 1-10 pain scale ! I can't imagine.

NobodyKnowsAnything · Answer

I don't know... I mean, can't say how painful being kicked is cause I obviously don't have that problem. But I will say, don't underestimate cramps. Because they feel like you're being stabbed and the knife is being repeatedly twisted. It's terrible.

EpicDanceMan · Answer

Realistically, child birth. Personally, getting kicked. You hear women talk about wanting to have another kid all the time (and all that it entails). You don't hear guys going, I could use another kick in the balls right about now. lol

Jinderella123 · Answer

I think a good kick in the balls is more painful then period cramps (cause i can handle cramps) :)
and maybe childbirth (?) (because it hast up to a few houses of hell)
hate to be wearied but getting punched in breasts area of really painful also.

Thehighlife · Answer

I can't say with certainty because when I witnessed a guy getting kicked in the nits, damn I cringe lol it looks painful
That being said childbirth/ labor lasts hours so it probably trump the kick in the balls..

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