Men hitting women

[Pretty Kunoichi]

Pshaw! You people are silly. If I came at you intending on kicking your scrawny ass, what would you do? RUN? o.o;; There's no difference when your own wellbeing comes into the picture.





PS: If your ass is not scrawny, as I mentioned before, PRETEND, you unscrawny piece of person meat, you. xD

[Danae]

Err, well, being a woman, I think I'd get a little miffed if a guy hit me.

I mean, there have been times in my life where I have freaked out on guys. I'm pretty sure I can recall pulling a knife on my mother's ex-husband when he was being a huge asshole and I was severely unmedicated, and he managed to never hit me. There are plenty of things you can do to people who are attacking you to stop them that don't involve a slug in the face. His favorite was picking me up and throwing me in the pool. >>;

There is something funny though, about the so-called 'right' a woman has to slap a man across the face if he says something remotely offensive to her. I'm sure this is something that's been ingrained into our values through television. In reality, a guy has every right to call the cops on a girl for slapping him, but it doesn't happen because TV says it's socially acceptable for a chick to slap a guy across the face for saying 'nice ass'. I find that a little unfair.

But then again, I'm not about to complain about the obvious advantage that my gender has....^^;;

[Yami no Kitsune]

Being a woman, I do have some strong views about this... and they're probably not what you expect. Basically, if I hit someone I'd damn well expect them to hit me back, be that person a man, a woman, or a little asexual alien from the planet Zirgnorf. This will sound a little cold, but a lot of women like to play the victim. I know a girl who had a guy accidentally elbow her in the face (and not very hard) and she wailed and wailed saying "Oh my god, that guy hit me!!" I practically laughed in her face. A lot of girls seem to use the fact that a guy won't hit her to their advantage like somehow they are better than guys too.

A lot of women in domestic violence situations allow themselves to be victims instead of walking out of the horrible situation, but then again every case is different and I am by no means condemning them. The issue is mostly self-esteem, because abuse is mental as well as physical. All women in that situation need help, and a lot of therapy afterwards.

Personally, I think all this "zero tollerance for violence against women" is a load ot crap. It should be zero tollerance for violence against ANYONE! I mean, women are capable of some nasty shit... and if a girl is beating up a guy, most will allow said girl to beat the living snot out of him. All this while domestic violence against men goes mostly completely ignored, and is even ridiculed - especially by other men. This also stems from the fact that the guy won't hit the woman who is beating him up so badly. There should be laws protecting everyone. Having laws that only protect one gender is sexist, and since we supposedly live in a society where everyone is equal this should have changed with the times.

[Deiji]

xD This thread for some scary reason reminded me of when my mum got so pissed off with my ex-stepdad that she climbed on him and started punching him uh..about 3 times xD then she worked on throttling him lol but never really caused any damage. Believe me, she had her reasons!!!
But since i'm a girl, i feel like its wrong for me to say that men shouldn't hit women, as dumb as that sounds xD And theres nothing i hate more than men abusing their girlfriends or wives and using blackmail with it. But i think it depends entirely on the situation at the time. If the woman is a real queen-of-bi*ches, and she's done something like intentionally hurt a friend or family member of yours or anything seriously messed up like that, then that's different. But even then, beating a woman up or anything over-the-top would be really wrong because its a fact that men are stronger than women...well most men anyway xD

[BorisHansen]

Not sure why there's something especially atrocious about men hitting women. It's all about people hitting other people, in the end. There's nothing less atrocious about women hitting men.

If the argument is that the woman often won't be able to defend herself physically, well, then we might as well be discussing adults hitting children, non-handicapped hitting handicapped people, big people hitting little people... etc. Also, there are lots of cases when the man is the victim because he can't psychologically find the strength to make a stand, or, although rarer, is physically weaker.

So no, I don't believe there's anything inherently more wrong about a man hitting a woman than <someone> hitting <someone else> out of spite. There's just something inherently wrong about violence, and that's all there is to that. It doesn't have anything to do with chivalry or gender roles.

[chronocrossed]

I approach this like I approach dealing with viloent men. I will hit only in self-defense. If someone attacks me with serious intent to harm, first, then I'll respond in kind. I never instigate vilolence though be with man or woman. I'm just not that kind of person.

[Clintykins]

I'm gay, so I have no problems hitting some bish that's been talking sheeot. I also happen to be really strong, so girls, best watch yo'selves, cuz Akky don't hold back when beating some bishes up.

I also just kicked my friend Bonnie in the face yesterday. And hit her a bunch of times because she hit me. n.n Nope, no problems hitting chickies.

[Tom]

I don't know... I think if I hit one of my female friends, she's kick me into a wall and have sex with me right there.

...But, you know, that's just us.

-Tom-

[Carlie]

Being a girl myself, I find it unfair for a man to hit a woman out of spite, but I also think it is not right vice versa or in any other situation. I wrestle a lot with male friends just because we all like to prove our strength and I find that I'm pretty strong for my age and gender. However that doesn't necessarily make it more right for a man to hit me or me him. Oh, but when I'm mad I've no problem in hurting anyone- and I think that's one of the reasons that most make me a bad person.
Anyways, I agree with Boris.

[lirifox]

I shoulder punch people when I say "later" or "sup". That's okay.

But a guy has no excuse to hit a girl, or the other way around. If the girl just slaps the guy, or the guy just shoves the girl, both for justified reasons, that's still okay. It might degrade you in my eyes, but still acceptable if necessary.

Fights should be guy and guy, or girl and girl. But girls tend to fight with gossip and words, as guys usually use fists instead.

Jeez, just don't fight you idiots.

If someone is being a fuckin' bitch, then a guy can pound her face in.

...but hey, I come from inner city, so I guess it's different. Now that I've moved into the suburbs I've noticed people take things like guns and knives more seriously.

Wow, I just totally contradicted myself.

Let's try that again.

Don't fight, unless you have a damn good reason. And no reason is good enough.
It don't matter what gender you are, but it's more a question of status and respect. A 9th grade little boy can punch a 12th grade female, but a 12th grade female can't hit a 9th grade boy. I think age and size matter just as much as gender.