# Any significant danger in having a laptop directly over my groin area for a long time? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 15, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114 "2016-03-15T21:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/1 "2016-03-15T21:59:48Z")
Some of you may recall a thread I started 3.5 years ago about my ruptured left Achilles tendon. Well, this time I tore the right one. After my surgery tomorrow, I’ll be working at home, on a couch, with my right leg elevated, for many hours a day. The only way to comfortably position the laptop is to place it directly over my groin area basically covering my shorts. Is there any real danger in doing this? In case it’s relevant, I will be VPN’d into my work network the whole time. This could last as long as 4 weeks or more, although last time I think it was only 2 straight weeks and then intermittently after that. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/2 "2016-03-15T22:13:31Z")
No porn sites. You might dent it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/3 "2016-03-15T22:18:52Z")
Danger to you or the laptop? (Curses, ninja’ed by **running coach** again!) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/4 "2016-03-15T22:34:08Z")
The crotchal region is surprisingly resilient. A few weeks of elevated temperatures shouldn’t permanently damage anything. Consult a board certified groinologist if you are really concerned. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/5 "2016-03-15T23:28:32Z")
I’ve heard that excessive heat kills the swimmers. 'Course, that may be a positive. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/6 "2016-03-15T23:33:40Z")
Was more concerned about cancer. If cellphones cause brain cancer… Isn’t it the same kind of waves going through my nether regions? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/7 "2016-03-15T23:35:26Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Was more concerned about cancer. If cellphones cause brain cancer… Isn’t it the same kind of waves going through my nether regions? They don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/8 "2016-03-15T23:46:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They don’t. Really? Missed that news. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/9 "2016-03-16T00:14:08Z")
So, you’re asking if there is any danger in using your laptop on top of your lap? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/10 "2016-03-16T00:17:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They don’t. > [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Really? Missed that news. It isn’t news because cell phones=cancer is not a thing. Not a thing supported by science, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/11 "2016-03-16T00:21:44Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > So, you’re asking if there is any danger in using your laptop on top of your lap? I don’t know. I think the lap goes from the upper to lower thigh. However, my position involves the laptop positioned on top of my genital area. My feet and head are both elevated so it kind of settles right in that area. As others have suggested, it wouldn’t work if I were aroused. I’m not a Harlem Globetrotter. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/12 "2016-03-16T02:29:27Z")
If you keep your laptop there indefinitely, it could adversely impact your sex life. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/13 "2016-03-16T02:41:47Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > If you keep your laptop there indefinitely, it could adversely impact your sex life. I don’t know. Computers are becoming more and more, shall we say, capable over the years? ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/14 "2016-03-16T03:27:41Z")
With a bit of effort, this thread can top the famous “Wheelchair battery’s acid will render swimming pool too acidic to use!” classic a few years ago. Yep, the radiation from a laptop will cause horrendous damage after 4 whole weeks! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-significant-danger-in-having-a-laptop-directly-over-my-groin-area-for-a-long-time/749114/15 "2016-03-16T18:31:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Any significant danger in having a laptop directly over my groin area for a long time? Sweaty balls.