Personal Injury Law

Suggestive Dancing Leading to Personal Injury?

By mbrickley

According to an article from Newsweek, a new, lewd dancing trend in Jamaica has made penile injuries three times as common as they have been in the past.

This new dance trend is called ‘daggering,’ and as the name implies, it involves varying degrees of sometimes violent sexual expression on the dance floor. Newsweek reported that the occurrence of patients appearing in Jamaican hospitals and clinics with ‘broken’ penises has increased over the past year.

While daggering is incredibly sexual and may look perverse, Newsweek says it is not, in fact, Internet porn. Jamaica is a country known for its musical and dancing culture - and this new form of physical expression is not meant to tarnish that.

Newsweek also mentioned that in addition to the broken penises, other injuries - including back and neck injuries - have happened as a result of daggering. Jamaican emergency rooms and clinics are all aware of daggering culture, and are becoming more accustomed to dealing with these types of injuries.

Daggering has not yet become a popular activity in the United States - but there are many other personal injuries that can be suffered - sexual or otherwise.

Full post as published by The Injury Blog on June 08, 2009 (boomark / email).