By: Danny Jacobs

The best videos on America’s Funniest Home Videos are also the worst ones. That is, some guy is getting hit in the groin. They’re the best because they never fail to make me laugh—and because it’s happening to someone else.

But they’re the worst because of the level of empathy involved in watching a dad trying to teach his son how to hit a wiffle ball off a tee and getting a plastic bat to the babymaker for his troubles. No matter how much hilarity ensues, all guys flinch at the moment of impact. The shared sense of pain can be strong.

Which brings me to a lawsuit settled last month in Baltimore County involving a bikini wax gone awry.

Kelly Tucker sued About Faces Day Spa & Salon last February after she developed folliculitis following a bikini wax. Tucker warned the spa employee she had sensitive skin, but the wax used “was extremely hot” and the procedure caused her “to suffer an abnormal amount of pain,” according to the lawsuit. Tucker broke out in welts and bumps soon after her appointment.

Now, I could only guess that a bad bikini wax is painful. But it wasn’t until I saw the looks on the faces of several women in my office when I showed them the lawsuit. It was the same look I get during a groin shot clip.

My point is, maybe men and women aren’t that different after all. And while Tom Bergeron does an admirable job as host of AFV, no one will ever top Bob Saget and his voices.

And the greatest clip ever of a man getting hit in the groin, incidentally, is the only one that doesn’t make you squirm.