Reaction to Women abusing Men

[Anger]

Originally Posted by Shannacore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That gurl has awful hair

Inorite? Flock of seagulls.

I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but I like how they used a redhead instead of a blonde or brunette. It's always been insinuated that redheads have shorter tempers.

Even so, what it boils down to is if a woman is beating up a man, people think he did something to deserve it. People think, "well, men are obviously stronger so if they are getting beat up by a woman, its not that big of a deal because they could easily defend themselves". If a man is beating up a woman, he's a lecherous pig because women are obviously so dainty and couldn't POSSIBLY get away from that big strong man.

Women fight for strength in the workforce, and weakness in physical violence. It sickens me.

[Drem]

Originally Posted by Anger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's always been insinuated that redheads have shorter tempers.

dumbest thing i've read all day

[Csihar]

Originally Posted by Drem [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

dumbest thing i've read all day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hai...ut_temperament

[Peatree]

Originally Posted by Anger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlFAd4YdQks

yeah, i dunno how to embed videos on this board, but its basically a video of reactions of passers by when they see a woman beating the crap out of a man.

out of over 100 of them, only ONE stopped to see what was the matter. if that was a man beating the fuck out of a woman, i'll bet 90% of them would have stopped.

this is ridiculous. women cry for equal rights for years, but they only want the GOOD parts of equal rights. this double standard needs to STOP.

i'm completely supportive of equal rights, but equal rights means ALL rights, not just some.

and yes I found this on reddit. /rant

The guy is a pussy. IMO the woman should have received a well deserved bitch slap.

[Mardur]

Maybe it's because women can perform equally with men in the workforce, but are born physically less able then men? Seriously dude you're usually not this stupid.

[Anger]

Originally Posted by Mardur [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Maybe it's because women can perform equally with men in the workforce, but are born physically less able then men? Seriously dude you're usually not this stupid.

You should explain this to all women so they're not as butthurt when they try to play football or fight on the front lines in the armed forces.

[deathgirl]

Originally Posted by Anger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You should explain this to all women so they're not as butthurt when they try to play football or fight on the front lines in the armed forces.

I hate the military, but I was butthurt back when I was really young/homeless/suicidal and inquired about being a sniperman in the australian army, and for some gd reason there's no such thing as a sniperwoman. It's not like a sniper needs brute strength or are on the front lines? I suppose our reaction time is generally lower... anyway, super glad I didn't join up just for a roof now o_o

[JayDee]

as soon as the bitch calls the cops on you, punch yourself in the eye and explain to her that either both of us or neither of us is going to jail tonight.

[Lazortag]

Just to clarify something - most feminists believe that all gender roles are bad, not just the ones that directly suppress women. For instance, if it's more socially accepted for a woman to slap a man, your average feminist would be categorically opposed to that, even if it seems to benefit women. Feminists primarily focus on the plight of women only because they're more often disadvantaged by gender roles, but the fact that some gender roles work in their favor isn't evidence that feminism is backward or stupid.

I'm not sure I agree with everything Deathgirl said but she's right that there's some methodological problems with the video, in that the force being used by the woman is clearly less than that being used by the man, so you can't adequately compare people's reactions

[Anger]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just to clarify something - most feminists believe that all gender roles are bad, not just the ones that directly suppress women. For instance, if it's more socially accepted for a woman to slap a man, your average feminist would be categorically opposed to that, even if it seems to benefit women. Feminists primarily focus on the plight of women only because they're more often disadvantaged by gender roles, but the fact that some gender roles work in their favor isn't evidence that feminism is backward or stupid.

I'm not sure I agree with everything Deathgirl said but she's right that there's some methodological problems with the video, in that the force being used by the woman is clearly less than that being used by the man, so you can't adequately compare people's reactions

I know where you're going with this, and I don't necessarily disagree with it.

Say I'm at a bar and a woman slaps me in the face. That shit hurts. I don't care if you're Mr. Universe, getting slapped in the face stings no matter how frail and weak the woman is or how strong you are. My first reaction is to push her away from me, remove the problem from my vicinity. She stumbles backward, trips, and she thumps her head on the ground.

Now all the sudden, I'm viewed as the monster. Even though she did more direct physical damage to me, and I was simply trying to remove her to avoid further conflict (let alone the fact that when people see a woman slap a man, they automatically assume he deserved it for some reason). The focus automatically shifts to me, because I'm the man and "OMG you pushed her and made her fall! What if she has a concussion??". Cause and effect goes right out the window.

If I took anything but a passive role in this situation people would assume I was the aggressor. It doesn't matter that she is the one hitting me. If I yell, people assume she is defending herself against me. If I restrain her, people think she is fighting to get away. Anything but just taking it will land me in an assumed position of guilt from most people. And that. Is. Wrong.

Or, like I told Deathgirl earlier. What happens if I exert the same force on a woman that she's exerting on me? What if I level the playing field? What happens if I just hit the bitch softer than she's hitting me? It wouldn't matter.

This is a horrible double standard that people just seem to look the other way about because "that's just the way it is".