User blog comment:Callummacdonald79/astartes anatomy/@comment-1713318-20130219073205/@comment-3258762-20130219223249

I've taken kicks and knees to the groin. It hurts like hell if you have little to put it in comparison, but breaking ribs, a punch (yes, a punch) to the kidney, a dislocated shoulder, all hurt more than being kicked in the groin, or atleast for me, pain being such a personal thing.

As for protecting it: That's why you have hollow-point crotch guards.