History Main / FemaleGroinInvincibility

When men feel pain in their groins, they feel most of the pain in their testicles. Because of that, men usually think the pain caused by a GroinAttack comes from the testicles being harmed. Women don't have testicles, so men assume that attacking them in the crotch doesn't hurt them.

-->--'''Greg Heffley''' (during wrestling in gym class), ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''

-->--'''Greg Heffley''', ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''

* Played with by Sophitia in the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''. Her rising knee attack leaves male fighters doubled over in pain (with her giving a sincere [["I'm sorry!"]] as they fall), while female opponents are barely staggered. However, if you look closely, you'll see that she drives her knee into the other woman's gut instead of between the legs, like she does with the men. Must be a respect thing.

* Exploited on ''Series/{{Haven}}'': Season 4 BigBad William taunts the gang that no one can hurt him, because his {{Synchronization}} with Audrey means whatever they do to him, happens to her. Nathan says he thought of a loophole, and [[GroinAttack kicks him in the junk.]] There's a moment of bewildered ''I can't believe you did that, and I can't believe it worked'' on Audrey's face, but sure enough, she's fine, while William is doubled over on the floor.

This trope could be considered the female equivalent of BallsOfSteel. Contrast BreastAttack, another sensitive spot for girls. A woman actually being harmed from a groin attack may result in SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome. Factors which explain this misconception include MostWritersAreMale, meaning that misinformation about female anatomy is often widespread. {{Double Standard}}s, coupled with a general reluctance in media to depict harsh violence or [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender slapstick]] against women, are also commonly blamed.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In the "[[Recap/SouthParkS11E14TheList The List]]", in an attempt of getting the titular list from the girls, Cartman has Butters kick Nelly in the "balls", which would cause her to drop the folder with the list. But when Butters kicks her twice she doesn't react to the kicks other than angrily saying, "Ow!" and calling him an asshole. This causes Cartman's plan to fail and the boys to learn that girls don't have balls.

* ''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'': Played with. Bob identifies as male but when he's hit he usually shouts "Ow, my ovaries!" At least once, he managed to tank a kick to the crotch from Saiko because of it.

* ''Film/{{Colossal}}'': Very much averted, if not inverted. When Gloria, standing up to the abusive Oscar, resorts to physical means, she hits him between the legs, but [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she's significantly smaller and weaker than him]] so while it stuns him, he laughs it off. When he later delivers one to ''her'', though, it completely ends the fight because she's in so much pain she can't stand up again, and has to watch him cause a great deal of damage and loss of life.
* ''Film/KillBill'': Averted. The Bride and Elle hit each other on the groin several times as their battle within the cramped trailer [[CombatBreakdown rapidly degenerates to chaos]]. In all occasions, it is shown to be an effective and painful move.

* Averted in one of the ''Film/ToxicAvenger'' sequels, Claire, Toxie's girlfriend, punches the BigBad's right-hand woman in the groin, and she reacts as if she was a man being punched in the balls.

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': {{Averted}} in the episode "Charlie and Dee Find Love" episode. Dee and Mac are wrestling for Trevor's amusement. Mac throws Dee to the floor, proclaiming his victory, only for Dee to sucker-punch his dick, taking him down, when Dee stands up to gloat Mac retaliates and she falls over in pain.

* ''WebAnimation/PorkchopNFlatscreen'': Averted, women suffer from [[GroinAttack Groin Attacks]] just as, —if not ''more so''— often as the men do.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Averted. During their first fight, Vi kicks Sevika in the crotch, and it's clearly very painful.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Seemingly averted in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E4SitMeBabyOneMoreTime Sit Me Baby One More Time]]". When Tina and Tammy discover that Kendra's been kicking her classmates in the groin [[WoundedGazelleGambit and letting them take the blame for it]], Kendra yells that she's going to kick them in the "[[UnusualEuphemism tinkle-dink]]". Judging by their panicked reactions, they know it's still gonna be painful for them. She never does get to nail her attacks on them, though.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': Averted in one sketch parodying ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' where He-Man kicks Evil-Lyn in the crotch from behind and it hurts her.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': {{Averted}} in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E3MidnightTowboy Midnight Towboy]]." A female [[NewAgeRetroHippie child therapist]] crumples over in pain when Marge knees her in the crotch.

** {{Averted}} later on when Wendy kicks Lola in the crotch in order to get the real list from her, as it actually incapacitates her and causes her to drop the folder with the real list, possibly implying that Wendy simply just kicks much harder than Butters.

In RealLife, the clitoris contains more than 8000 nerve endings, meaning [[RealityIsUnrealistic women feel almost as much pain as men when they get attacked in the groin.]] Also, the obtuse angle of their pubic bones makes them ''really'' easy to break. Even disregarding that, FridgeLogic sets in when one considers that it generally hurts to be struck hard on any part of the body, so why would it somehow not hurt a woman down there?

* Here’s a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SbQ-Bf4glA compilation of]] [[AvertedTrope aversions]] of this trope.

** {{Averted}} later on when Wendy kicks Lola in the crotch in order to get the real list from her, as it actually incapacitates her and causes her to drop the folder with the real list, possibly implying that Lola has balls. Either that or Wendy simply just kicks much harder than Butters.

* ''Web Animation/PorkchopNFlatscreen'': Averted, women suffer from [[GroinAttack Groin Attacks]] just as, —if not ''more so''— often as the men do.

* ''Web Animation/PorkchopNFlatscreen'': Averted, women suffer from GroinAttacks just as, —if not ''more''— often as the men do.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': Averted in one sketch parodying ''HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'' where He-Man kicks Evil-Lyn in the crotch from behind and it hurts her.

* ''Literature/TheVorkosiganSaga'': Referenced in ''A Civil Campaign''. Dono, a female to male trans whose surgery includes a pair of functional testicles, is punched in the balls during an ambush. Afterwards, he says "Ivan ... do you remember, when one of you fellows got kicked in the nuts and went over, doing sports or whatever, how I laughed. I'm sorry, I didn't know, I'm sorry." It is unclear whether Dono had been hit in the groin as a female and it didn't hurt as bad or whether he had just never been hit there as a woman.

* ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'': The protagonist, who's pulling a SweetPollyOliver, gets bitten in the crotch by an ill-tempered horse to the horror of all the onlookers. Justified as she was wearing a wadded-up sock down the front of her pants.

* In ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' the protagonist, who's pulling a SweetPollyOliver, gets bitten in the crotch by an ill-tempered horse to the horror of all the onlookers. Justified as she was wearing a wadded-up sock down the front of her pants.
* Averted in ''[[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures Shadow of the Red Vixen]]'' when a noblewoman's (female) bodyguard is teaching her self-defense and they discover that a knee to the groin is still pretty painful for them.
* ''Literature/TheVorkosiganSaga'': Referenced in ''A Civil Campaign''. Dono, a female to male trans whose surgery includes a pair of functional testicles, is punched in the balls during an ambush. Afterwards, he says "Ivan ... do you remember, when one of you fellows got kicked in the nuts and went over, doing sports or whatever, how I laughed. I'm sorry, I didn't know, I'm sorry." It is unclear whether Dono had been hit in the groin as a female and it didn't hurt as bad or whether she had just never been hit there as a woman.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'': In the first two games, Johnny Cage's GroinAttack special move doesn't work on female characters. This doesn't apply to the third game and onwards, where they get affected by it regardless of gender.

In RealLife, the clitoris contains more than 8000 nerve endings, meaning [[RealityIsUnrealistic women feel almost as much pain as men when they get attacked in the groin.]] Also, the obtuse angle of her pubic bones makes them ''really'' easy to break. Even disregarding that, FridgeLogic sets in when one considers that it generally hurts to be struck hard on any part of the body, so why would it somehow not hurt a woman down there?

* ''Film/{{Colossal}}'': Very much averted, if not inverted. When Gloria, standing up to the abusive Oscar, resorts to physical means, she hits him between the legs, but [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she's significantly smaller and weaker than him]] so while it stuns him, he laughs it off. When he later delivers one to ''her'', though, it completely ends the fight because she's in so much pain she can't stand up again, and has to watch him [[ItMakesSenseInContext stomp around the kid's playground resulting in his monster avatar in Seoul to cause a great deal of damage and loss of life.]]

** It's possible that this is some kind of ExactWords restriction on the ability; early in the game, you encounter a boss named Mr. Silver, some kind of muscle eunuch. Despite being subject to the same real-life potential for injury, he is ''also'' immune to the Ball Buster, lacking the necessary targets just as the women do.