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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/forwardseat on 2023-10-01 14:27:54.

There’s a new “hot coffee” lawsuit making the rounds, and a lot of people think it’s hilarious, in an “OMG people will sue for anything” sort of way. A woman visiting Disney went down a waterslide and experienced an “injurious wedgie.” Sounds funny right? Suing over a wedgie?

This woman had LACERATIONS. Likely permanent damage to her internal organs (her bowel was protruding through her abdominal wall, according to the suit). When she stood up to get off the slide she had blood pouring out her. These were serious injuries but every single article and story about the suit calls it a “wedgie”. And you know what? She is only suing for $50k and mostly wants Disney to make safety shorts available and warn guests more clearly about the risks and safety protocols. Almost every story about this calls it a “painful wedgie” and barely mentions the extent of her actual injuries. Comment sections everywhere are making fun of her, of course.

So ladies: cross your legs on water slides. There’s other things to take away from this, especially around how our culture treats female pain and gynecological injury, but…