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Good to see someone else feels this way.

You can punch a guy in the face if he provokes you enough, but if a woman does the exact same thing suddenly you're a terrible person.

both are bad.
i watched an experiment on this done with actors in a public place, and a few people did step up and say something when the woman was beating on the guy, but more people said something in the reverse.

If women want to have the same rights as a man, then those who feel that a man hitting a woman is worse than a woman hitting a man are completely hypocritical. I feel social standards should not forbid a man to hit a woman. However, genuinely good men wouldn't hit a woman, ever.

Case in point

I disagree with never hitting a woman, I can think of several occasions where I would be okay with killing a woman, so hitting a woman shouldn't be any different. The difference I think is genuinely having the interest of abusing someone else.

Hit a man and he'll probably hit you back. Hit a woman and she'll just get even MORE bitchy.

I never understood the idea that "if women want to earn as much money as me, I should be able to punch them in the face just like I could if they were a male". That's like saying "if people in wheelchairs want to be able to use public amenities, then I should be able to punch them in the face just like I could if they were able-bodied". The goal of equality isn't about setting everything on an even keel, it's about combatting discrimination.

Women are inherently less muscular than men, that's just a consequence of their genetics; we kill the animals, they nurse the children. Even though one could make a strong case that society has eliminated the need for those specializations, our DNA didn't get the memo and to this day, your average male will be much stronger than your average female. As a consequence of that, any physical altercation a male would have with your average female would result in more damage done to her and far less damage done to him when you compare it to a fight with another male.

Speaking generally, it's the same as if you saw a large man merciless beating a much smaller man. Many people say that if they are punched, they will punch back, even if it's a woman. What they fail to realize is that retaliation like that is, in most states, illegal no matter if you hit a man or a woman. The law does not establish a double standard, only society does, and the reason for it is simple. If you saw a man who was 6'6" and weighed 250 pounds beating up some guy who was 5'1" and half his weight, wouldn't you be appalled at his actions and view him as a bully? For the most part, a guy hitting the girl is the same thing. It doesn't matter who threw the first punch, it's simply not acceptable to measure your input of pain and deal it back out to the person who gave it to you. You can defend yourself without throwing knockout punches.

Finally, domestic abuse carries a significant stigma because more often than not it is the result of an overbearing husband dishing out corporal punishment, and rarely a matter of self-defense. I'm not saying that no woman has ever attacked a man to the point where he had to use violence to protect himself, but a lion's share of domestic abuse cases are simply a man using intimidation and violence to force his wife to do his bidding, or suffer the consequences.

You write very intelligently, but the original point still stands I believe, questioning why a man ought to be restricted in responding to acts of violence coming from women. It is very well to say that the average man ought not to initiate physical contact with the average woman, but if a woman decides to initiate a physical conflict, they shouldn't do it in the relative safety of expecting the man will be disallowed the right to respond in kind.

would you still hold this stance if the couple were incredibly unevenly matched?
is it okay for a football player to hit his 5'1" 98 pound wife? just wondering.


because your view seems very "you did it to me so i can do it to you neener neener i'm five"

A guy can hit a guy smaller than him...

I think if a woman provokes a man and they get slapped or pushed for it then they deserve it. Same way if a man provokes a woman.
I always hated the way in schools with younger kids, you'd always see the girls walk-running after the boys slapping them but of course if the boys did that, they'd be in trouble with teachers.

Personally, if a woman goes mouthing off thinking theres no consequences for her actions and a man hits her then it's her own fault.

and you think that's okay?

I'm not saying it is, I'm not really saying hitting anyone is okay. But a guy can hit a smaller guy without society getting in a fit about it. And if the smaller guy provoked him he kinda deserves it anyway.

society is stunted anyway. we can't turn that back any sort of quick. oh well.

Best answer.

If you're a weedy little faggot with no upper body strength to talk of, like me, is it acceptable to hit a woman? Because I wouldn't be surprised if I lost.

these feminist group gets on my nerves sometimes, but honestly I think any man who raises his hand to a woman is less than a rat, that my opinion, but if a woman slaps me for no reason in public, I will not raise my hand no I rather chop my hand than to raise my hand to a woman but I will ridicule her for slapping me for no apparent reason.

thats my view anyway, soo on with the posts.