ancient times

[darthsidius]

(One set of Mesopotamian laws did address the case in which a woman crushed a man's testicle, with different penalties for crushing just one or both testicles. Apparently, women back then were not to be messed with.) But compare the previous table with the penalties for stealing or killing animals:

I saw this on a website, does anyone have actual stories from such times, which would have led them to make such a law?

[mick_sl8ter]

(One set of Mesopotamian laws did address the case in which a woman crushed a man's testicle, with different penalties for crushing just one or both testicles. Apparently, women back then were not to be messed with.) But compare the previous table with the penalties for stealing or killing animals:

I saw this on a website, does anyone have actual stories from such times, which would have led them to make such a law?

North Carolina law describes malicious ********** as cutting off, maiming or disfiguring a person's genitals with the intent to hurt or render the victim impotent.

For instance: Rebecca Arnold Dawson was accused of grabbing the genitals of a 38-year-old man during a fight. The injury was done with her hands, there were no weapons used.

So you do not need to go back in history old chap.