Woman robs man on side of road, Two "samaritans" help her because she's a woman

[HorrendusOne]

Isn't this just how our western culture works?
As in women automatically get the benefit of the doubt since we place a higher moral standing on women compared to men since for some reason we are taught in our culture from a young that we are not equal rather then that everyone's just a human being.

 

[gigastar]

Seems the incident happened because of misunderstanding.

The "samaritans" only saw the man trying to get his stuff back, not the woman robbing him of it.

Therefore they assume the man was assaulting the woman and rush to her defence.

Simple, really.

 

[McMullen]

You can't possibly know what they were thinking, so it is just as valid to take my position on it.

Only if you mean they are both invalid. The valid position in a case where you don't have sufficient information is to keep your preconceptions out of it and not make any judgments until you know enough to make one rationally.

Which is what the samaritans should have done too, by not letting the woman leave until everything got sorted out.

But you should stop arguing your point here. You look less like a person trying to debate a position and more like a person who's desperate to be right and restating the same old arguments over and over. Best you can do is admit that your judgement may have been hasty and drop it.

 

[SeanSeanston]

Granted, it does sound like it looked ****ing bad for the guy getting mugged.

Hell, put any of us in the same situation and we'd probably assume the same thing.

But then, isn't that much of the exact point being made here?

Hell, if the sexes had been reversed, they quite possibly (IMHO of course) may have thought a very similar thing anyway; here's a woman, made a more vulnerable target by her state of inebriation, being preyed upon by a larger and stronger man, somehow managing to heroically restrain him temporarily in the hope that perhaps someone may notice and intervene to save her in time.

And of course, everyone knows every man is a 6 foot master martial artist and powerlifter, whereas all women are tiny vulnerable creatures, hardly able to hold up their own bodyweight ^_-.

 

[Something Amyss]

Because clearly any altercation between a man and a woman mean the man is the problem right?

Yes, the solution to generalisations is more generalisations, why do you ask?

 

[Something Amyss]

Actually, it's because men are many times more likely to commit violent crime than women are. In fact, men are ten times more likely to commit murder.

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/gender.cfm

Or, as MRA and anti-feminists call it, sexism!

 

[itsthesheppy]

Actually, it's because men are many times more likely to commit violent crime than women are. In fact, men are ten times more likely to commit murder.

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/gender.cfm

Or, as MRA and anti-feminists call it, sexism!

Get out of here with statistics! I hate reality, it's always standing in the way of my opinions!

 

[SeanSeanston]

In fact, men are ten times more likely to commit murder.

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/gender.cfm

They're almost far more likely to commit suicide, for example.

It's not like being a man and being a woman put you in exactly the same life situations. Or even, sadly, under the same kind of expectations/social pressures.

Also comprising up to 80% or more of the homeless in some places. It's not like that isn't going to skew things and increase the chance of violent behaviour just to survive, in fairness.

 

[JochemHippie]

Would've done the same thing myself probably.

It's just the most likely scenario.

 

[getoffmycloud]

So, if you came across two people in a physical struggle, your first thought would be to calmly walk up to them and say "excuse me sir and madam, what appears to be the problem here?", while they're still clawing at one another?

No I would stop it but I wouldn't be naive enough to assume the man is at fault and I certainly wouldn't let anyone leave until I got the police there.

 

[WanderingFool]

So, if you came across two people in a physical struggle, your first thought would be to calmly walk up to them and say "excuse me sir and madam, what appears to be the problem here?", while they're still clawing at one another?

My first thought would be to call the police. Then not get involved. If it was this case, I could very well help the thief get away. If it wasnt, I would most likely get my ass kicked by the guy. Honestly fuck it, Im not getting anymore involved than that.

 

[JeffBergGold]

Actually, it's because men are many times more likely to commit violent crime than women are. In fact, men are ten times more likely to commit murder.

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/gender.cfm

Or, as MRA and anti-feminists call it, sexism!

Get out of here with statistics! I hate reality, it's always standing in the way of my opinions!

Are cases where the male is used by a woman as tool to commit a violent crime by proxy incorporated into these statistics?

The article plainly shows these two "heroes" would gladly attack a man just because a woman seemed to be in distress.

This is a mild case, I've seen guys do worse just because a woman said something.

Statistics are valid but don't account for the nuances of crime. A guy may be the one doing the work but some of the time there is a woman pulling the strings. It's the reason why a desperate white knight is the most dangerous male he will do anything for female approval.

By anything I mean murder.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

The article said that the man did cause it. At least, the part where they were in a physical tussle.

The bikers didn't know that, all they knew was that the pair were in a fight. She attacked the bloke and he fought back to get his briefcase with $900 worth of money and jewellery in it. What; you think that guy was just going to walk away from that briefcase without a fight? This is a case of sexism, they assumed he was the attacker and held him down because of it, don't try and avoid that.