Is Hitting A Girl All That Bad?

[burningdragoon]

First of all... 112 pounds? Really? How does that work?

Anyway, being siblings changes the whole "okay to hit?" thing.

Lot's of people saying it's okay to hit people as long as they hit first. That doesn't work when you are kids, and it doesn't work once you've grown up either. Or I guess that attitude means you haven't grown up yet. If you have it in your ability, you should subdue the person. If you could wreck the person hitting you, congratulations, it's in your ability.

 

[Dense_Electric]

Yes, as is hitting anyone. What sex that happens to be is about as relevant as the fact that the sun rises in the east.

That being said, if someone comes at me swinging - and I mean really wants to hurt me - I'm going to drill that person in the solar plexus as hard as I can to prevent them from doing that. You have the right to defend yourself against anyone, you do not have the right to "hit" anyone.

 

[Dense_Electric]

*Edit* Double post, please delete (damn Firefox...)

 

[Total LOLige]

So an average woman can't defend herself? I seen women who are not even trained and can defend themselves fine. The idea of a weak woman is just that, an idea. Its no more real than santa claus. It only existed in a time when we still fought with swords and women were only used to make babies. We do not live in that time anymore. Hell, we don;t even live in a time when men need muscle. We are no longer bound by gender roles. A man can be a 80 pound weakling, while a woman could be a heavy weight boxer. Technology changed the game, but humanity refuses to change.

Chances are that the man doing the hitting is going to be considerably stronger than the woman. Your average man is going to be stronger than your average woman.

You're assuming the man is fit, and has to do actual work. In a country like America with a physical health and obesity problem there is no muscle. Muscle is as outdated as pagers, or fax machines when technology can offer muscle power 100x that of a man could. Technology changed the world in more ways than one. We are no longer bound by primitive roles, and we can be anything we wish to be. We don't even need muscle mass, just intelligence and effort.

Based on the average man you see in the UK(where I'm from) he is usually at least 6ft with quite abit of muscle compared to your average woman that stands at about 5ft 7". Now if a 6ft man hits a 5ft 7" woman then they are a pussy. 8 times out of 10 a man is going to come out on top if he fights with a woman.

 

[Edgeless]

In my opinion, hitting anyone is bad. Sure, it is ok if you are just mucking around or playfighting (Nothing too forceful), but if I ever have a girlfriend that went on a rampage and started hitting me, I would not hit her back. I would use grappling techniques to subdue her (nothing too painful, just so that she can't hit anyone else) until she calms down. Or just move to another room and lock the door.

 

[The Random One]

Hitting a girl is bad if you are a gentleman.

As a gentlemen, I only hit girls under British rules. Pip pip.

Ha just kidding, I'm a weakling. My only combat ability is the desperate flailing.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

I do it this way... I don't hit a lady and a lady doesn't hit. Ergo, if they hit me, they are not a lady and thus I will do what needs to be done in a physical altercation.

 

[The_Evermind]

I'm going to go with the consensus that it isn't any thing more inherently wrong with hitting a girl than hitting anyone else regardless of their gender identification. Now that being said if I do more to not hit a girl it is because they are more likely to be much smaller than I am (at 6'3" it is rare to see guys my height let alone women). Conversly I have dealt with the girls who see it as their right to provoke violence because guys wont attack back, in more specific terms when she hit me without provocation I hit back (not to hard, just to let her know that I would) and I do not feel bad about doing it.

 

[rodneyy]

it is more dont hit people smaller than you rather than dont hit women. even if they are the same weight as you, you have to remeber that men are generally more top heavy with bigger shoulders and arms, with women normally having bigger legs and hips, as well as carrying more fat in the boob and hip department. so even what on paper looks like an even fight a man has a bit of an advantage.

on another note wile not as clear cut men are generally a bit more familiar with fighting. there is noting to say that a women wont/cant learn to fight but the general ruff and tumble of men growning up leads to you at least knowing how to take a few hits and land a few back.

 

[Azurian]

I think that the whole "Never hit a woman" rule only really applies to things like domestic disputes. Striking a woman out of anger is never okay. Striking a woman because she's trying to attack and/or kill you is fine, but don't overdo it.
In the home or normal daily activity, asserting your dominance over a woman with physical violence is borderline evil in my eyes.
If a woman starts a fight with you, then you're fighting. The best way to handle it has 3 steps:
1) Don't strike first, try to stop her attack.
2) Disarm or otherwise prevent her from attacking you a second time.
3) Attempt to exit the situation
4) If step 3 fails, fight her as you would fight a man.

For you OP, I'd say don't even worry about your sister. That particular girl falls under the 'sibling rule', which says that all fighting is totally fair game as long as mom and dad don't find out and nobody ends up dead. Just don't hit your girlfriend/wife/random female strangers and you're golden.

Hey those are my very rules but if a woman is trying to do me serious harm then all bets are off I'm going to fight her but only enough to get her to stop.

 

[Dense_Electric]

So an average woman can't defend herself? I seen women who are not even trained and can defend themselves fine. The idea of a weak woman is just that, an idea. Its no more real than santa claus. It only existed in a time when we still fought with swords and women were only used to make babies. We do not live in that time anymore. Hell, we don;t even live in a time when men need muscle. We are no longer bound by gender roles. A man can be a 80 pound weakling, while a woman could be a heavy weight boxer. Technology changed the game, but humanity refuses to change.

Chances are that the man doing the hitting is going to be considerably stronger than the woman. Your average man is going to be stronger than your average woman.

You're assuming the man is fit, and has to do actual work. In a country like America with a physical health and obesity problem there is no muscle. Muscle is as outdated as pagers, or fax machines when technology can offer muscle power 100x that of a man could. Technology changed the world in more ways than one. We are no longer bound by primitive roles, and we can be anything we wish to be. We don't even need muscle mass, just intelligence and effort.

Based on the average man you see in the UK(where I'm from) he is usually at least 6ft with quite abit of muscle compared to your average woman that stands at about 5ft 7". Now if a 6ft man hits a 5ft 7" woman then they are a pussy. 8 times out of 10 a man is going to come out on top if he fights with a woman.

Hey, if you want to let yourself get beat up because you're too vain to defend yourself, go for it. Far be it from us to tell you what to do.

 

[theMediator]

It's a gray area. Hitting a woman in anger, domestically, or otherwise is not ok in my opinion. But if s woman attacks me with the intent to harm me, or my family, I'm not going to hold back just because she's a "lady".

 

[retyopy]

Well, if you're going to get sexism in here, then I'm allowed to hit them. They're allowed to hit me, too, but THAT'S nothing new.

 

[Cerebral_Assassin]

I believe if the situation arises a guy can do whatever necessary to protect himself but nothing more. Just cause a girl is swinging on a guy doesn't mean he has to do the same, just do what necessary to stop her from attacking.

However, if a guy punches me once I will beat his ass until someone stops me, sexist or not that's how it is.

 

[jimahaff]

From a cultural standpoint, hitting a girl is horrible, from an anthropological stand point, its the same as hitting a man.

 

[Total LOLige]

So an average woman can't defend herself? I seen women who are not even trained and can defend themselves fine. The idea of a weak woman is just that, an idea. Its no more real than santa claus. It only existed in a time when we still fought with swords and women were only used to make babies. We do not live in that time anymore. Hell, we don;t even live in a time when men need muscle. We are no longer bound by gender roles. A man can be a 80 pound weakling, while a woman could be a heavy weight boxer. Technology changed the game, but humanity refuses to change.

Chances are that the man doing the hitting is going to be considerably stronger than the woman. Your average man is going to be stronger than your average woman.

You're assuming the man is fit, and has to do actual work. In a country like America with a physical health and obesity problem there is no muscle. Muscle is as outdated as pagers, or fax machines when technology can offer muscle power 100x that of a man could. Technology changed the world in more ways than one. We are no longer bound by primitive roles, and we can be anything we wish to be. We don't even need muscle mass, just intelligence and effort.

Based on the average man you see in the UK(where I'm from) he is usually at least 6ft with quite abit of muscle compared to your average woman that stands at about 5ft 7". Now if a 6ft man hits a 5ft 7" woman then they are a pussy. 8 times out of 10 a man is going to come out on top if he fights with a woman.

Hey, if you want to let yourself get beat up because you're too vain to defend yourself, go for it. Far be it from us to tell you what to do.

Well in a life or death situation it would be different. I mean it's wrong to just go up to a woman and beat the shit out of them for no reason.

Again, you assume that the UK is like everywhere else and that height matters. I seen short people beat taller people, even women manage that in a world where muscle no longer matters. There is no "set" average anymore other than muscle mass being phased out. The man being some warrior or knight is as outdated as a automat. You want to know what the modern and future man will look like? They wont be chuck Norris, they will be Bill Gates or Gabe Newell.

You win I can't debate this any more, you have defeated me I have failed.

 

[Boxer.H1x]

Hitting a woman is OK in the sense that it's OK to hit a man.

It requires context. Self-defense is fine. If they deserve it, it's fine.

Now, to back up that last statement, here's a clip from Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQwQ8AW_WYc

Notice how almost all of the replies are based on how the woman deserved it. Some people act like it's a travesty. Those people are retarded. Women are just as fallible and deserving to get hit as men, and if that were a man slapping that cop, you'd get the same replies. It's not like women don't have thumbs, and therefore can't shoot you or stab you.

The argument comes from how a woman wouldn't have muscles as dense as a man's. Hitting back is fine. Hitting back harder, on the other hand, is debatable.

 

[Raesvelg]

Based on the average man you see in the UK(where I'm from) he is usually at least 6ft with quite abit of muscle compared to your average woman that stands at about 5ft 7". Now if a 6ft man hits a 5ft 7" woman then they are a pussy. 8 times out of 10 a man is going to come out on top if he fights with a woman.

5'10" and 5'4" respectively, actually. And muscle-wise, about average.

Anyhoo.

As a general rule, yeah, your average man could beat your average woman to death without an excess of effort. Even when in the same weight class, men are stronger and faster, pound for pound, than women. Just a simple fact of genetics.

As far as whether or not it's horrible to hit a girl, frankly, I don't especially care about the gender of the people I have to defend myself against. And since I don't START fights... the rest is irrelevant.