If a woman hits you do you have a moral right to hit her back?
I'm just curious of people's opinions on the subject.
I'm a woman, no | 14 | |
I'm a woman, yes | 27 | |
I'm a man, no | 11 | |
I'm a man, yes | 32 | |
man- other | 1 | |
Woman- other | 5 |
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I'm just curious of people's opinions on the subject.
I'm a woman, no | 14 | |
I'm a woman, yes | 27 | |
I'm a man, no | 11 | |
I'm a man, yes | 32 | |
man- other | 1 | |
Woman- other | 5 |
Bingo. That’s the problem with this idiotic argument, it’s based on their belief that it’s okay for men to hit men so they should be able to hit women too.
No one ever has a right to hit another person.
What about if someones is punching the shit out of you and the only way to get them to stop is to punch them?
How about don't even punch the shit out of anyone. Try not to get yourself into any fights unless you become a professional fighter.
If you get physically bullied by someone bigger than you, call the cops as that equates to actual bodily harm, which is a criminal offence.
Again, what if someone breaks into your house and is punching you and isn't going to stop until you or your family is dead. Is it justified then?
Also dude would you honestly just sit there and take it if someone was punching you, then tell on them after. I understand that what they're doing is wrong, and that the law may needed to be called in, but wouldn't you feel kind of pathetic knowing that you wouldn't stand up for yourself on such a primal base level?
I think that rather than violence never being the answer, it should be the last answer... most of the time.
In a situation of a home invasion, I cheer when homeowners shoot any thieving sucker dead.
I don't know about a moral right, but you certainly have justification to hit her if needed to defend yourself or stop her assault. Best solution, though, is to de-escalate the situation.
Depends. If a woman I care about starts attacking me I just hold her tight considering I'll easily overpower her.
If a woman I don't give a shit about starts hitting me I'll clock her right back because honestly, just because you have tits and a vagina doesn't mean you're immune to my fists.
1st paragraph is what my boyfriend did to his abusive ex when she got violent.
Is it weird that I smiled at the first paragraph?
I asked my husband what he'd do if I ever hit him and he said pretty much the same as you.
I told him he should just hit me back though. That's what I'd do if he ever hit me. Not that he would.
I've been in a situation where a girl I was once with got aggressive, and I did the exact same thing.
Hey, at least it made you smile haha.
There's a difference between hitting a loved one and hitting a stranger though, regardless of gender.
Very true. This is one of those context dependent things...
My husband is a like a giant next to me, and he lifts heavy. If he hit me even once at full strength he would do very serious damage. I'm quite muscluar myself though so I've had other smaller partners who I felt it was pretty much a level playing field with.
And, not that domestic abuse is funny, but I do think it would look ridiculous to a bystander if they saw me try and attack my husband. He'd probably hold me back with one finger of one hand and start yawning and reading a book in the other hand lol.
Don’t just hit her back hold pull back ur fist all way back then with everything you throw ur punch and shout from the top of ur voice FALCONNNN PUNCHHHH!!!!
I want to say yes, he should hit her back, but if he does, everyone freaks out, says he's the villain, and he's the one that's going to be arrested. I hate to say it, but he should just walk away. Honestly, I can't stand women who are act all brave and start beating on a guy, only to crumble, weep, and cry victim like a weak baby the second they get hit back.
The funny thing is I can remember a post about a year ago where a man posted about hitting his wife or some woman after she had hit him several times and the vast majority of commenters on here were cutting him up like hell. I remember rose called him a piece of shit, and others called him things equated to coward and wimp. Ah, how we can be so wishy washy.
I don't recall that post. There are several posts on here about that topic, so one from a year ago just blends into the void.
I called him a piece of shit, oh that could have been anyone. Although he does sound rather like a turd.
Watch this a girl slaps a guy on indian television. Subtitles are included :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V4akMaeZ0-k
That was difficult to watch. Seeing that all of the highest rated comments were in defence of the guy though gives me hope.
This incident became a meme called "how can she slap". I think they broke many of the boy's ribs and shit.
Yeah, they were a bunch of spineless kiss ass animals. Still, according to the comments, the victim sued the show and went on to become a successful actor while the 2 hosts were ousted by every network. So there's a good ending to it.
If you knew me in the real world I'm betting you would say that I'm a particularly passive person. But if I were in that guys shoes and that bitch would have slapped me like that in front of all those people, I would have punched her so hard it would have broken her jaw if not her neck before I realised what I had done. The guy here did absolutely nothing wrong and the guys that jumped him were cowards. They couldn't just fight him one on one. They had to gang up. Weak.
The boy did the right thing. He was not a coward. Its too bad they all ganged up on him.
You couldn't pay to feel sorry for him. You might not like what I'm saying, but it's just my honest opinion. I'm not gonna lie to you, just to make you happy. You struggle with mental illness just like a lot us on this site. It takes strength to turn the other cheek, to just react with violence shows a weak mind. I'm not trying to hurt your feelings, or make you angry, but if I got into a physical altercation every time I was triggered I'd be in jail, and I don't want to go to jail, and be somebody's bitch. I don't you don't want to end up in jail, and someone's bitch either. Jails are full of sociopaths and psychopaths, those people can sniff out weakness.
I don't think it's okay for anybody to just randomly smack someone else, but I can never respect a male who hits a female. The only thing that was hurt on that boy when she slapped him was his pride, and that's clearly not enough of a reason to slap her back. Regardless, he appeared to slap her harder than she hit him. Whether you like it, or not it's not socially acceptable for men to hit women, and I'm completely fine with that fact.
If you can learn enough distress tolerance to where you don't put your hands on your sister, because she commented on your mental illness then your life will drastically improve. Like it, or not people who get physically violent at the drop of a hat are perceived as mentally, and emotionally weak. I don't respect people who are physically violent, violent people are truly unworthy of respect.
And move my face closer to the slobbery teeth of a raving canine? No thanks.
Not literally. Thank God! If people literally bit me I would want to knock out their teeth.
... but, seriously. Dogs don't give me much trouble.
Oh. I used to tell my mom to bite me as a teenager. I stopped when she actually started doing it. I felt a connection there for a second :/
People don't give me much trouble. If someone is getting hit by women (or men for that matter) it would be best to reevaluate what kind of dickheads and / or shitcunts one is allowing into their life, rather than stooping to their level.
Absolutely not. You play defense and remove yourself from the situation.
Definitely. And if you'd hit a guy in that situation, but you think women are too weak and sensitive for it, then you're a sexist.
My friend in school was jumped on by a guy recruited by a girl who was mad at him for something or other. The fight didn't turn out the way the assailant had hoped and when my friend was done with him he nailed her with a serious right punch. I couldn't help but to laugh at her getting what was coming to her.
So now you’ve gone from it’s okay for a man to hit a woman if she hits him first to it’s okay for a man to hit a woman if she has another man hit him. Somehow I bet that’s not the only thing you think justifies a man hitting a woman. You’re revealing yourself.
Dude I never said it was ok for a man to hit a woman. Where did you get that idea? I found it entertaining that my buddy hit the girl who manipulated a guy into trying to beat my friends ass, but I don't think he should have done it. Just funny is all. Kids are kids and they do what they do and learn better.
And just who the hell are you to take some moral high ground and put words in my mouth? Or can you just not read well? Get off your high horse and stop always trying to show your moral superiority to everyone.
I'd say.
Depends on the situation.
Walk away usually works.
But there are times to return the favor.
Depends on the situation.
If someone hits, it's also not ok to let them think it's ok.
I'll defend myself, or if needed go a little further.
I don't support abuse in any relationship.
Self defense is only legal as a last option. If you can flee, but chose to hit, it's assault.
Na fuck that someone strikes me they get a warning after that well we shall see who the better fighter is
I shouldn't have to flee in my own house, or if I'm defending my own property. I dunno what the law is in Delaware, but in Texas they have Castle Doctrine. It's legal to defend your home, and property with deadly force, and I support that. I support Stand Your Ground laws!
Honestly it makes sense right, but I don't make the rules. I know each state has a different take on it.
That's why I dislike governments and generally do what I'm going to do, then pay the consequences.
But, it's best to avoids fights if at all possible.
Oh, you know I'm not trying to get violent, but if someone is trying to do harm people should be able to defend themselves. Also if someone is trying to rob somebody, ya'll know Rosie don't care what happens to thieves.
My dad worked with a guy at the post office who caught some dude trying to steal his lawnmower, and he poured gasoline over the perpetrator, and stood over him with a cigarette lighter til the cops got there.
Well, that's something. What kind of shop do you own? I honestly thought you were a kid.
India sounds awful, and like I said it was probably better under British control.
So many people all over the world make a nasty habit out of hating white Anglo-Saxons, but it seems that Anglo-Saxons are better at this business of law, and order.
It's not right that you were beaten by a bunch of thugs! That is completely wrong, law and order should prevail. I'm truly sorry that this thing happened to you.
I'm not trying it to hate on India, but the caste system that is practiced in the Hindu religion is wrong too! People should not just ignore the poor, and leave them to lay begging, and dying in gutters. No offense, but there are many things that are practiced in your country that are just plain stupid.
So many people in the world hate America, but we're still the best thing going!
What prompts someone to resort to hitting in the first place, man or worman?
He might have liked it. For some reason cops have always been really nice to me! I actually like cops a lot even though I am very pro-marijuana. I mean if I have a problem who am I gonna call, some bleeding heart liberal, or the cops?
When I was in college in Louisiana a cop told me that just touching someone that doesn't want to be touched is assault. He basically poked me on the shoulder, and told me that was assault.
If some piece of shit grabs my ass I should be able to either call the cops, and have him arrested, or beat him. The loser pervert should have no recourse. If I ever see someone assault a pervert I will do nothing to interfere on the part of the pervert.
My dad told me this story about how a bunch of teenagers caught this pedophile who was molesting some kid in a park back in York, Pennsylvania when he was like twelve, back in the late 1940s. The teenagers beat the shit out of the guy, and the one young man's dad was a state trooper so what happened was that trooper showed up with a some of his friends, and later the pedophile woke up in Maryland with two broken arms! I say good riddance! I honestly wouldn't care if it were legal to hunt child molesters for sport, because they are sub-human garbage.
I don't think you should do that unless it's a dangerous, and vicious dog.
I chose other because generally I'd say if a person hits you then they should expect you might hit them back, regardless of anyone's gender. But there are exceptions.
To me it depends on how justified the hit was, and also how hard the hit was - e.g if your wife comes home and finds you in bed with another woman and slaps you in the face, then you have no business punching her in response, that would be wrong in my eyes. Be glad it was just a slap and start saying your apologies.
Just to be clear that goes both ways - if your husband finds you in bed with another man then he might slap you in the face. You don't have the right to hit back in that situation either, I would say.
But most situations aren't that extreme. If she just flips out and starts attacking you then yeah, hit her. You need to be able to defend yourself, just because a woman tends to be weaker than a man it doesn't mean she gets a free pass to be violent towards him.
I agree fully. I was just looking for opinions here but I'll pipe up with mine. So far I've never hit a woman but I've come close. When I was younger I had a girlfriend who was a bit of a flirt who I caught coming on to another guy. At home I confronted her about it and it quickly escalated into a jerry springeresqe argument. She decided to throw a book at me that I partially dodged. I came at her in anger but when I got close enough I grabbed her and held her down instead of hitting her. I'm glad I made that decision and things wound down a lot after she calmed down. She apologised for everything and we decided to separate. Had I hit her, the story would have been much different. I would have been in jail and her possibly also. There would have been a court case and I would have lost my job. I'm glad I caught myself in time.
Situations are all different, but it's safe to say that if the woman isn't a threat of seriously harming you the best was is to either get away from her or just subdue her till she calms down.
Yeah, the smartest thing you did with that chick was to break up, because fuck being with someone who flirts with people all the time.
I get why you thought about it. In the heat of the moment if someone attacks you it's human nature to want to hit back. I think there's great value and honour in controlling these emotions and always reacting with logic, but hey, no one is perfect and I've lost my rag before now.
Back when I was in school the guy I lost my virginity to started bullying me after the event. He spread nasty rumours about me and gave my number to his friends so they could call my house in the night and shout about me being a disgusting slag. Then he texted me saying he wanted to apologise in person, and I was a naive teenage girl with destroyed self respect so I believed him. Everytime I got close to the meeting point he changed it. Eventually I realised that him and his friends were following me and laughing at me, seeing how long they could keep me looking for him.
I turned around and caught up with them, and when I did I smacked him really hard across the face. They were all stunned silent. Then I told him his penis was so tiny it didn't even hurt when I lost it. (This was true, it was the smallest one I've ever seen even to this day).
He didn't hit me back. He had no right to and he knew it. I don't regret what I did. I just wish I'd hit him even harder.
Like I said, depends on the situation...
Sorry to hear about you and your girl. That sounds rough. Hope it wasn't a heavy book!
It was big and she was strong for a girl, but it hit my neck and not my face luckily. It was a long time ago and I've not seen her in years and hope life turned out well for her and all, but I'm glad I don't see her anymore.
You should have hit the guy harder and told everyone at school how tiny it was. I would have loved to have seen that.
Yes, it depends on the situation and it's usually better to just calm the situation down. But sometimes people just need a good ass whoopin' :)
Honestly, that is the kind of guy who deserves to have the shit beat out of him! If he actually hit you back he would have deserved to have really fucked up, he's a real steaming pile of shit. He's probably a total misogynist.
I always assumed his behaviour was due to insecurity over his tiny penis lol.
The sad thing is, if he hadn't been such an asshole I would have never told anyone about it! A tiny penis doesn't need to be a big deal. We could have worked around it. Oh well...
Men with tiny members have no place criticizing women's bodies! Hopefully he has either changed his ways, or his life has been very shitty. He sounds like a truly awful person deep, down inside. Honestly, I'm really glad he didn't he you back, but he got off easy with just a slap. These guys who think they ought to be able to hit women probably have very low testosterone, and aren't real men.
Good for you. I would probably fight back and get arrested myself.
Fighting isn't good tho and should be avoided if possible.
Usually when it even comes into question about if a man should hit her back, the relationship is pretty unhealthy anyways. Mature adults just do not handle problems by hitting each other.
Of course the media makes it look like the woman is always this passive, quiet, scared victim. In the real world she PROBABLY provokes to a point where anyone would lash out.
I have known abusive couples. More often than not, if you knew them, it would be the man you'd feel sorry for. She is often some cracked-out loud mouth bitch that needs her ass beat.