A woman in China is reportedly facing a lawsuit for forcing her boyfriend to undergo a three-hour simulated childbirth, resulting in physical harm.

The man in Henan province was hospitalized and had part of his small intestine removed after undergoing the painful simulation, The China Times reported.

The man agreed to undergo the pain simulation test after his girlfriend and her mother insisted that he experience the ordeals of women before their engagement.

The man initially refused the offer but then reluctantly agreed to go to a medical center, where he was hooked up to electrodes that emitted electric currents to simulate the feeling of contractions, reports said. Some hospitals in China have been offering simulated childbirth experiences for more than a decade.

In a post on Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, or Red Note, the unnamed woman said the first 90 minutes involved manually increasing the pain level, while the intensity remained at maximum for the rest of the session.

"My boyfriend started screaming and struggling at level 8, swearing and crying at level 10, and by the end, he was gasping for breath. My sister and I kept wiping his sweat," the woman wrote, according to the South China Morning Post.

The man suffered abdominal pain and began vomiting shortly after returning home. A week later, it was discovered that the simulation had damaged part of his small intestine, forcing him to undergo surgery.

The woman said she explained to her boyfriend that her family wanted him to understand the hardships of women and had no intention of hurting him. "I am willing to take full responsibility as long as he recovers," she wrote.

Following the incident, the man's mother called off the wedding and took legal action against the woman.

A lawyer said that if the injury assessment linked the man's physical injuries to the simulation, the woman could be held financially responsible under Chinese law.

Her post on Red Note sparked a backlash, with many criticizing the woman and her family for forcing the man to undergo three hours of "unreasonable" pain simulation.

"They should face the consequences for doing such a reckless thing," one user wrote. "They are causing trouble for no reason," another said on social media.