Poll: Hitting Women if they hit you first

[twistedshadows]

If you're being attacked, you should defend yourself, regardless of your attacker's gender.

Unless it's a playful hit, in which case you can certainly playfully hit back if you choose to.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Gentlemen do not hit ladies, they avoid the blows and then pin the lady (in an entirely non sexual looking way). Of course most people aren't gentlemen, so equality is a *****, hit her hard.

 

[maxturbo211]

uhh yeah. i don't discriminate based upon gender, race, religion, country of origin, genetic differences, hairstyle, or favorite type of computer chair. ;]

 

[Epitome]

Im disgusted with the results of the poll sofar!! Shame on you Escapists, you NEVER raise your hand to a woman. If she wants to act like that then you stand their and you take it, at mot you may block. But never ever do you strike, its unbecoming of a gentleman

 

[Gillespie]

No, grab her by the throat and just hold her there. Most women couldn't do a thing about it. And its fittingly derogatory and demeaning. Trust me, i've done it.

Shocking.

It's NOT okay for anyone to hit anyone (in a perfect world), and I think that if a man can't take a hit from a girl without lashing back, then he's got the problem. If a girl starts hitting him SERIOUSLY, then he can defend himself or hold her down, as long as it's reasonable.

CHOKING? No. To anyone who may think that choking/restraining by holding the neck is LESS VIOLENT than straight-out hitting her, you've got that seriously backwards.

Hey, i didn't choke. I just restrained, and to be honest she was belligerent and unruly. She was throwing fist sized rocks at my friends ok? What was i supposed to do, not stop her?

Well, frankly, restraining someone by holding their throat sounds a hell of a lot like choking to me. Maybe not wind-pipe-crushing choking, but choking regardless.

It sounds as if she was being a *****, of course you should do something in such a circumstance, but as a girl I'd say even a punch or slap would be more appropriate in that case; strangling or holding someone by the neck just seems excessive, and the way it was phrased with the words "derogatory" and "demeaning" gave it a slightly different context and set off alarm bells.

 

[Crystal Cuckoo]

I would never hit a woman if they didn't take the first strike.
Even if they did, I would try to restrain her from being able to further harm me.
However, if they have a weapon? Fair fucking game (if she really wants to harm me and has already dealt the first blow).

Also, I wouldn't pull back if the girl was a freakin' body-builder and had already hit me. She's probably a lot stronger than me, so it's almost like fighting another man.

EDIT: I actually remember a guy saying this in English class about sexual equality: "If women want equal rights they should get equal shit. That's just not fair if it's not." (I do not condone this sentiment, I just found it amusing. He was joking, of course.)

 

[grimsprice]

It sounds as if she was being a *****, of course you should do something in such a circumstance, but as a girl I'd say even a punch or slap would be more appropriate in that case; strangling or holding someone by the neck just seems excessive, and the way it was phrased with the words "derogatory" and "demeaning" gave it a slightly different context and set off alarm bells.

Oh yeah, i guess they do. I'll go back and change those. And to add to the story i think she was on drugs. She was flailing around, and it took three people to get all her limbs under control. I did what i had to do.

 

[Compatriot Block]

Ugh, I hate the term "equality" when it is used to refer to female rights. Not because I believe that equality is a bad thing. Quite the contrary. I mean that "equality" means, more often than is acceptable, "equal rights, but I get to keep my special treatment."

Now, I'm most assuredly not saying that all women are like this. I'm sure it is just the vocal minority. This doesn't stop the use from irritating the hell out of me.

Take for instance, my friend who shall remain anonymous. Last year, he ended up splitting up with his girlfriend, and it must have been messy in some way. Her friends decide to enact "revenge" and began clawing at his face and ripping out his hair (horrifically stereotypical, I know).

When he shoved one of them into the wall, was he guilty? The nearby teacher sure thought so.

Where does the word "equality" stop applying? I ask this honestly, and with no anti-feminine bias.

 

[IxionIndustries]

I could give two shits less about gender. If someone wants to hit me, even after their alotted "repent time", I'll fight back.. At least, that's how I envision it, since normally I'm too cowardly to do as such.

I think the whole "Girls are fragile" thing is fucking retarded though. If they have the testicular fortitude to hit someone, they'd best be prepared to be hit back...

[small]This is probably why I haven't had any female interaction for the past three years.[/small] : |

 

[joshthor]

no. im big enough to be able to stop thier punch, i dont need to hit them. though, i will playfully "hit" (if you can call it that) girls if they do first.

 

[SpyderNynja]

I was just talking about this with someone. Women have fought for equal rights for long enough so I say it should now be morally acceptable. I don't think I could ever BRING myself to hit a woman, even if she hit me first. Again, like the majority, I would go for subdue. But in this day and age, yes, it should be totally acceptable to hit a woman if she gives you a right hook.

 

[sarahvait]

This topic just makes me think of that one scene from Saikano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coybx4DEq-Q

Granted, the girl is doing an angry "I'm pissed because you did something that made me worried and scared to death for you." But seriously, at that point, Shuuji has got his own issues at that moment, so I'm not surprised he planted one right back at her. He apologizes for it like two seconds after. Man though, I have never heard anything like sound that comes out of that girl's mouth when she starts crying. That's not in the above vid. It cuts off before. This vid has it though. Skip to 4:20.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb2TlZZ-35M

 

[r0qu3]

I would measure in "partner insanity level"...

...and unfortunately there are definitely times and places where it's right
to hit a woman...or person in general...

"***** is crazy man, she tried to stab me"

 

[theultimateend]

If you can't take a punch from a chick, just hand in your testicles and get out.

Of course, there is a fine line between "chick" and "hideous, misshapen trollbeast that crawled out of the black lagoon to feast upon the souls of the innocent and bring down Civilisation". You draw your line where you like.

I hate to come off as a shallow dick but I do kind of look at it that way.

If you look like a 'girl' and hit like a 'girl' then I'm not going to hit back.

If you are built like a linebacker with breasts though the gloves are coming off.

I hate that I'm like that but I can't break the whole "You look like a dude so you are a dude" mentality.

Plus the only people who have ever hit me so hard it hurt were man-women. Girl girls and girly men both just make it funny and we all laugh in the end.

 

[Icehearted]

Funnily enough, I was raised by my mother, alone, and she made it clear that if anyone struck me I was perfectly within my right to do so right back, regardless of gender. I'm not a violent man in the least, I've been cool pretty much all my life and usually walk away from or talk down a fight before it starts. Nearly every woman I've ever dated shared my belief completely. Not only did they almost always say yes (I say almost always because it didn't always come up as a topic of conversation), but they'd get angry at the idea of a guy taking a beating by a woman just because she's a woman.

I'd like to add that for equality's sake, a guy being kicked in the groin by a woman should (if it already doesn't) constitute sexual assault under the same definition as a woman being forcefully penetrated.

Sexual assault refers to an assault of a sexual nature on another person. It can include a wide range of unwanted sexual contact such as rape, forced vaginal, anal or oral penetration, forced sexual intercourse, inappropriate touching, forced kissing, child molestation ,exhibitionism, voyeurism, obscene phone calls torture of a victim in a sexual manner etc. The actor causes submission of the victim by means that is reasonably calculated to cause submission against the victim's will. Definitions of offences are primarily governed by state criminal laws, which vary by state. It is generally a felony.

- USLegal.com

 

[Ilovechocolatemilk]

Ambiguous question is ambiguous.

If it's a tiny girl trying to hit me, chances are I could just shrug it off. But if it's a crazy ***** holding a broken beer bottle, I'd throw down.

Besides, like other people have said, I'm all about restraining someone over hitting them back if possible (or, you know, just talking).

 

[zana bonanza]

I'm a girl, and if I hit anyone, I expect them to hit back. That's just common sense. And the way I was raised. My parents taught us that we shouldn't start fights, but if someone hit us first, we could punch them back, regardless of gender. Also, if a guy tries to attack me, I am to immediately kick him in the gonads. All's fair, baby.

 

[AvsJoe]

I will hit a woman if 2 conditions are met:

1) She has either punched/kicked me twice or hit me in the nuts once or is threatening me with a lethal object
2) She is genuinely trying to hurt/kill me

However, once both these conditions are met I will treat her like a man and won't stop until her facial features are rearranged.

 

[Chipperz]

If you can't take a punch from a chick, just hand in your testicles and get out.

Of course, there is a fine line between "chick" and "hideous, misshapen trollbeast that crawled out of the black lagoon to feast upon the souls of the innocent and bring down Civilisation". You draw your line where you like.

I hate to come off as a shallow dick but I do kind of look at it that way.

If you look like a 'girl' and hit like a 'girl' then I'm not going to hit back.

If you are built like a linebacker with breasts though the gloves are coming off.

I hate that I'm like that but I can't break the whole "You look like a dude so you are a dude" mentality.

Plus the only people who have ever hit me so hard it hurt were man-women. Girl girls and girly men both just make it funny and we all laugh in the end.

My mate's going out with a girl who's a little over five foot tall and weighs just over eight stone. She's also a black belt in three martial arts and can hit like a freight train. Where does she come in your little scale? Also, for that matter, where does she come in the "restrain them" way of thinking? You restrain her and she can and will break your arm.

If anyone hits me, I'm hitting back and going out in a blaze of glory!!