As a result of some very important conversation in this community about the dangers of non mindful zipper use, I see it fit to declare the next month (Starting from the 1st of April, very appropriate date) Zipper Awareness Month! We are creating awareness so that people know the hazards that may occur, including penile disfigurement and/or possible amputation when zippers are used frivolously! I have almost experienced this myself firsthand many years ago and I was one of the lucky ones! I was able to unzip my zipper without needing medical attention! This was not the case for one of my family members, however, who as a child got his Willy caught right up in the zip (of some very expensive bike riding pants I may add, which also had a really serious fckn zip with teeth like a shark!!!) He had to go to the hospital and have those very expensive pants cut to pieces so they could “free Willy”!!! Willy was saved! The $300 pants were not! AI gave me some stats on the matter, to show just how real this injury is!!!!! Main estimate from medical research A study published in the urology journal BJU International looked at U.S. emergency-room injuries and found: • 17,616 people went to the ER for zipper-related genital injuries between 2002 and 2010. • That works out to about 2,000 cases per year. • In those cases, the penis was almost always the body part caught in the zipper. Who it happens to • Children and teenage boys account for many of the cases. • But it also happens to adult men, and in adults zippers are actually the most common cause of penile injuries treated in emergency rooms. With that type of information, I think we might need to have a charity fund raiser here in our wonderfully supportive community to help create awareness of this problem for people with balls and penises! I think we need to take an educational approach as while the stats might be small in the bigger scheme of say, the world, it’s still happening! And its concerning! If young people with penises aren’t careful this might lead to involuntary penile amputation, if people are not made are of this!