Hey Dr Sue — Is It Normal For A Grown Man To Cry After Being Hit In The Balls?

Here’s the whole question:

I’m a woman and I need to know something about a guy’s testicles. Is it normal for a grown man to cry after being hit in the balls? — Please don’t judge me too harshly for this but I ask because of this scenario:

I ask because, I was recently attending a play nearby and after the play a man was running after me, I wasn’t paying attention and I thought he was talking to someone else and I was also kind of zoned out.

He tapped me on the shoulder and came up beside me but being that I’m trained in martial arts, I went into battle mode and kicked him square in the nuts. It turns out he was trying to return some money that I had dropped, I found out but as he gasped it out he started crying (Not ugly crying) but still crying.

I have a lot of training and have hit guys in the nuts before and while they always go down they’ve never cried. I apologized but under his breath he was cursing and clearly mad. I tried to ask if I could help but he didn’t answer so I nervously went away.

Is this normal? I just fear I might have caused him permanent damage but I don’t know who he is so I can’t confirm it personally? — — I also don’t know if my response was natural since I’ve heard of women being hurt…