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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

They really ought to think about changing the name or at least the acronym for that. Someone who hasn't heard of it before might assume they're going to have their genitals tortured.

[–] edg 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They say it was the Chinese who first experimented with CBT to the testicles...

[–] LovableSidekick 2 points 1 week ago

Weren't there even earlier experiments with spankings and being sent to your room?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

wait until they hear about CNC machines

[–] lurklurk 2 points 1 week ago

To be fair, a chunk of metal can't consent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I say we double down

The writer and group analyst Farhad Dalal questions the socio-political assumptions behind the introduction of Cock and Ball Torture. According to one reviewer, Dalal connects the rise of Cock and Ball Torture with "the parallel rise of neoliberalism, with its focus on marketization, efficiency, quantification and managerialism, and he questions the scientific basis of Cock and Ball Torture, suggesting that "the 'science' of psychological treatment is often less a scientific than a political contest". In his book, Dalal also questions the ethical basis of Cock and Ball Torture.