“Science Explains Why it Hurts so Much to Get Hit in the Balls” September 28, 2025July 14, 2012 by Tom Faranda Oddly enough, this is on the Business Insider website. Includes a cringe-worthy picture … Of all the soft, fleshy spots on the human body, none register the same kind of incapacitating, end-of-the-world pain as the family jewels.