Is Hitting A Girl All That Bad?

[Knight Captain Kerr]

I think it is bad to hit any person and making that decision based on sex is well sexist. I think people should defend themselves if attacked or if it is an evil that is necessary to do a greater good.

 

[mental_looney]

There is a bit of a difference between siblings fighting and beating up your wife/girlfriend as you are angry. Doing it to protect yourself is not the same as doing it to assert dominance over the person male or female.

I'm 25 and my brother is 22 and we still hit each other occasionally not full on fist punching style just siblings pushing each other about.

 

[infohippie]

Sisters don't count as girls.

 

[That_Sneaky_Camper]

I don't think it is wrong to hit a girl if you have a good reason to do so. If she is just being bitchy and annoying you then no it is not alright to hit her for that, but if she is full on attacking you and trying to hurt you then you try to restrain her and disable her ass from being able to hit you again. Women get away with hitting men because of societal preconceptions of women not being strong enough to hurt men when that is bullshit, getting hit by someone hurts regardless of who it is. My parents always got mad at me growing up for hitting my sister even if she had throttled me with a bunch of punches and kicks before I responded in kind, it is just a stupid double standard.

 

[AroLombardi]

I'll hit them as often as I would hit a guy, which isn't much. I don't see why a woman would ask for special treatment and then fight for equal rights. You can't always have the best of both worlds.

 

[babinro]

No worse than hitting another man if you ask me.

 

[Dogstile]

Hitting a girl is bad if you are a gentleman. Of course the idea of gentlemen and ladies isn't fashionable anymore because its inherently sexist and sexism has been a hot topic for quiet some time. If you really believe in the equality of the sexs then hitting a girl is no worse then hitting a boy.

So, if you're a short guy, and some bodybuilder woman corners you, starts beating you up. Then proceeds to attacking your family, you'll just standby and watch?

Oh you are going to fit right in with most people around here. I mean look at you, assuming that he's a gentleman. Did he even say that?

If a guy full on punches a woman in my eyes they are a fucking pussy.

Protip: If it gets to the point where a guy has to punch a woman full on, she probably had it coming.

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OP READ HERE: Its not bad if she's bigger than you and actually poses a threat to you. I've only had to punch one woman in my life. She had a knife and was trying to stab me, I like to think it was justified. Try getting that past a school board though. I could have been stabbed, taken the knife off her and they'd tell me I must have done it myself. Equality my arse

So yeah OP: Generally hitting a girl is bad and you should probably avoid it, because most girls are a fair bit weaker than men.
Anyone here wanna call me out on that? Sorry, average weight and size of woman in the UK vs men has men taller and heavier. Here's an (admittedly old) study because I couldn't be arsed to find the newer one.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2220923.stm

 

[NotSoLoneWanderer]

I try at all times to be completely fair to everyone around me but and if someone boy or girl swings a my my reflexes are more often then not fast enough to dodge or to use "light" judo movements on them meaning I may grab sidestep a fist grab it then trip them or to tell you the truth and though I did take judo and I'm being completely serious, there was A time where I played so much tekken 5 as Asuka when A friend playfully reached out to hit me I did one of her counters. I'm not saying I did anything rediculous like Yoshimitsu's moves but it was pretty cool. But back on topic I've never been in a real fight and if it were against a girl though I Couldn't imagine what I may have done to her I would fight back even if i were just redirecting punches and throwing her on the ground.

 

[Rodrigo Girao]

If you do have a solid reason to use violence, gender shall make no difference.

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

i dunno, but i hit back.

 

[Total LOLige]

If a guy full on punches a woman in my eyes they are a fucking pussy.

Because women are weak right?

I'd like to see you go up against a female boxer. Maybe you'll reconsider your stance.

Why would you pick a fight with a female boxer? I'm talking about hitting your average women not a 210 pound behemoth.

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.

 

[CthulhuMessiah]

If I get hit, I hit back, regardless of gender.

 

[Kelevra Goodkat]

My general rule of thumb..

Haha, major Boondock Saints flashback.

Edit: On topic, disabling an attacker.. male or female should be done with as little force as possible. Attacks should not be done at all.

 

[Lilani]

Hitting a girl is bad if you are a gentleman. Of course the idea of gentlemen and ladies isn't fashionable anymore because its inherently sexist and sexism has been a hot topic for quiet some time. If you really believe in the equality of the sexs then hitting a girl is no worse then hitting a boy.

So, if you're a short guy, and some bodybuilder woman corners you, starts beating you up. Then proceeds to attacking your family, you'll just standby and watch?

I thought it was pretty much common sense that the "not hitting a girl" thing only applied in a situation where the strike is unprovoked or an unnecessary overreaction.

 

[Liudeius]

Not at all.

It is no worse than hitting a guy, but neither is something you should do in most cases.
The problem is unnecessarily attacking someone weaker than you, regardless of your or their gender.

 

[goldendriger]

Well as my auntie used to say "If they can swing a punch, they can take one" If the girl starts it and gets Shoryuken'd as a result, its her own fault.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

If I can, I'd like to avoid hitting anyone. Thus far in my life I've not really gotten into a proper fight and haven't full on punched either gender. I'll only fight a guy in self-defense, but there's something deeply ingrained in me that just feels wrong about hitting a woman. Don't get me wrong, like some of the people have mentioned if she's pulling a knife/gun on you, you've every right to take her down. But otherwise I really couldn't hit a girl, I'm a pretty big guy so I'd like to think I could restrain most girls assaulting me without having to resort to striking her. Although if a female kickboxer ever starts a fight with me I'm screwed 0_0. But like I said, I've never encountered a situation where I've had to defend myself forcibly against a woman and hopefully I never will.