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TexasTowelie

(117,584 posts)
Thu Aug 27, 2015, 10:48 PM Aug 2015

5 painful times male genitalia made the news

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/

Related thread:
UT student blames misdiagnosis for loss of testicle

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5 painful times male genitalia made the news (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2015 OP
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Can I be inducted by those folks? TexasTowelie Aug 2015 #4
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TexasTowelie

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2. Warren,
Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:17 PM
Aug 2015

I asked the actives at Gamma Phi Gamma about having you inducted as a honorary member and what they said about you is, "we want you, we want you, we want you as a new recruit." A good pledge obeys his pledgemaster.

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TexasTowelie

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4. Can I be inducted by those folks?
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 02:51 AM
Aug 2015

I was also an independent in college, although I am a recognized member of the Gray House in Georgetown, Texas. We managed to fit the same number of people as in that photo on and around the water bed in one bedroom participating in the similar activities.

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