Poll: Would you ever hit a woman?

[loc978]

I wouldn't hit anyone with all my strength unless I meant to kill them. Anything less is sparring, or playfighting to me. But I know most people haven't known and trained for conflict the way I have, so my general rule is one of pacifism... or, in extreme situations, grappling takedowns. Anything requiring more than that is why I always have a firearm.

As for "hitting someone because you're angry"... I regard that as the realm of children. My nephews do that. It's cute, but they get reprimanded for it.

 

[Tiger Sora]

I'd never go out and hit a women. Only in self defense..... possible revenge actually. But whatever she did to drive me to that would have to be drastic.

 

[Verzin]

I wouldn't hit anyone with all my strength unless I meant to kill them. Anything less is sparring, or playfighting to me. But I know most people haven't known and trained for conflict the way I have, so my general rule is one of pacifism... or, in extreme situations, grappling takedowns. Anything requiring more than that is why I always have a firearm.

As for "hitting someone because you're angry"... I regard that as the realm of children. My nephews do that. It's cute, but they get reprimanded for it.

That is an extremely wise philosophy. I've never been in a real fight, and in my current physical condition, I'm pretty sure a 12 year old could beat me up and take my lunch money with little problem(I'm 20). Still, I think you're entirely correct in your rules: violence is something that is taken too lightly by a large number of people.

 

[JordanXlord]

Gonna be honest, I want to punch some asshole girl as much as I would like to punch an asshole guy - if they are being pricks.

argeed completely here man, no matter of gender if you be a dispectful prick to someone i am more than willing to teach you some Manners through a language all people understand

 

[Verzin]

Hah. At some point when I'm drifting the forums, trying to have interesting discussions, I always start wondering why I try. So many immature and really irritating people who don't seem to put any thought at all into their post. *sigh*

"Fuck no hitting women is for pussies real men choke a ***** instead. Also a good old backhand/pimp slap is not actually considered hitting, its just a way of showing your love."

Some people...even their attempts at jokes (my god I hope it's a joke. *facepalm*) are aggravatingly childish.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Better question: Would you ever hit anyone?

Bar self defense, keep your hands off others thanks.

(Bar sex, also. Sex is okay. You can use your hands for that.)

 

[tzimize]

Why the hell not. Women can be as stupid as men.

 

[rayen020]

i try not to hit things in general... but if i'm attacked by a living thing i tend to punch it in the face. I've done it to a dog, a goose, and a male human. so far a female uman hasn't attacked me.

gender doesn't matter, species doesn't matter.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

Yes, under the same circumstances under which I would hit a man.
Gender makes no difference to me, if you deserve the fists then you get the fists!

 

[CentralScrtnzr]

If she struck me first.

 

[Archroy]

I would never hit a woman in my life but I?ll shake the shit out of her.

/ChrisRock

 

[manic_depressive13]

If someone smaller than me attacked me for whatever reason, fighting them would make me an asshole because I would win.

Wow, what an incredibly naive statement.

I didn't think I'd be telling this story again any time soon, but why not. The Dojo I used to train at, prior to my shoulder injury, one of the highest ranked folks there was a woman who not only had respectable chops in the forms taught there, but was also an instructor in another art (I think, though i may be wrong, that it was Tae Kwon Do). She was also all of 4'11".

Woah, calm down. I should have said weaker but I was speaking very generally. I don't doubt that (small) girls can beat the shit out of people. Hell, my brother used to fight professionally and he taught me to fight himself. I could probably beat plenty of people bigger than me in a fight and I'm a girl. Most people don't actually know how to fight, after all. The point here is that I don't want to. It's not okay to hit people, big or small, thick or thin. Fuck, why is that such a difficult concept to grasp.

 

[theSteamSupported]

I would never hit a human being.

Do no harm, I say.

 

[Verzin]

Well. time for me to move on. Obviously there is no discussion to be had here.

 

[Smiley Face]

I'd be less likely to lose my temper and hit someone if they were female (but that's moot as I don't do that ever), it would probably influence how hard I would hit them - but if I need to hit someone, I need to hit someone. And if they're a serious threat, I obviously wouldn't hold back - and I've known plenty of girls who could handle themselves in a fight.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

I would never hit anyone at all, not even in retaliation or in self defence. If someone bigger than me attacked me for whatever reason, fighting them would be stupid because I would lose. If someone smaller than me attacked me for whatever reason, fighting them would make me an asshole because I would win. The only reasonable thing to do is run, run away.

If they are stronger than you i imagine they are faster than you. You just take the beating? I imagine it would change in a life or death situation also.

I wouldnt retaliate with force to any violent outburst unless it was clear this person is maliciously going to attack me and not see reason no matter what my reaction is. The appropriate response then is to restrain them or otherwise escape rather than to batter them for pain, but if you gotta hit id say go ahead and hit. Do try and diffuse the situation first though.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I use the same standard for either gender: if I need to defend myself from assault, I will do what it takes to gain the time to seek safety. This includes everything from a push up through emptying a magazine from a firearm.

That said, it has been nearly a decade since I needed to use violence to resolve any sort of problem and thus far the only female to drive me to violence was my sister and we were children.

 

[BlackStar42]

The only reason you should hit anyone is either in self-defence or to protect somebody else. Gender doesn't come into it, not for me anyway.

 

[manic_depressive13]

I would never hit anyone at all, not even in retaliation or in self defence. If someone bigger than me attacked me for whatever reason, fighting them would be stupid because I would lose. If someone smaller than me attacked me for whatever reason, fighting them would make me an asshole because I would win. The only reasonable thing to do is run, run away.

If they are stronger than you i imagine they are faster than you. You just take the beating? I imagine it would change in a life or death situation also.

I'm quite fast. I'm also quite good at taking hits. If I couldn't escape I would take the beating. If I couldn't take it, I'd die. Then I would be dead and whoever started the fight would (presumably) feel validated and that way we both win.