Poll: Would you ever hit a woman?

[magicaxis]

I'm quite curious as to the popular opinion on this topic. Traditional values say we should not hit anyone, ESPECIALLY women. But now with equality and all that, perhaps the common consensus has shifted?

What is your opinion?

I'll tell you my story:
In year 9, a girl in my science class named Danielle would, every second day, sneak up to me and slap me across the face - hard. She'd then laugh and waltz off, knowing she was untouchable.
After a week and a half of this, I saw her coming. She went in for a slap, I caught her arm with mine and backhanded her as hard as I could with the other. She never bothered me again, and I was cheered.

I believe I acted properly. Do you?

 

[Vault101]

women are generally weaker and generally (when hit by a man) recieve alot more damage, its not a fair fight

I wouldnt condone hitting anyone relardless of gender...unless its under certain circumstancses

liek say shes coming at you with a knife

as for me yeah...if I had to reason to hit a girl I would..we would be on an even playing feild afterall

 

[Nouw]

Depends on the situation. I'm not into hitting people in general but if she poses a threat to my safety and others I will. If it's in good fun I will, but lightly .

 

[FamoFunk]

I wouldn't hit anyone, regardless of sex.

The only thing that would make me hit someone is self-defence if I needed to, like pushing/punching them away from me if they were laying in to me.

 

[HardkorSB]

I once did, in primary school.
She was bigger and stronger than me though
I punched her in the face, then her head hit a wall, bounced back and hit my fist again. It was hilarious (to me, not to her).

 

[arnoldthebird]

Depends on the situation, I wouldn't hit any one out of pure anger. But if they were attacking me I would hit back

 

[ChaoticKraus]

Well i have a policy to never start brawls with anyone, so that would mean that she was the one who decided to take the conflict into fisticuffs territory. In that case i would have no qualms about hitting a woman, equal oppurtunity for all i say!

 

[Jonluw]

In self defense, I certainly would.
Just as I would a man. I don't really hit people though.
The only time I can remember that I've supposedly hit someone was in kindergarten. A kid was being an asshole, so I pushed him to the ground, jumped on top of him and started wailing on him with my fists.
I can't remember the incident myself, but I've been told about it by a friend who was there.

 

[BathorysGraveland]

Well I wouldn't go looking for a fight with one, but I say if she lays her hands on you (violently) then a man has every fucking right to defend himself. If a woman slapped me, I'd slap her back. If she hit me square in the jaw, I'd do the same thing. I wouldn't overreact to it, but I certainly wouldn't stand for her action.

 

[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.

 

[WolfThomas]

Only if it was self-defense and I mean genuinely in fear of my life, not she hit first. Like if I'm on the ground as drunken bogan teenage girls kick the shit out of me or something.

 

[manic_depressive13]

Why would you be an asshole for winning when they started it?

Because it's not okay to hit people.

 

[Tanis]

"Her gender is irrelevant to my decision"

I think any other answer is sexist.

 

[Phasmal]

Don't think your poll has enough options.

I guess I will either put gender is irrelevant or never under circumstances, cause I wouldn't hit anyone unless my or anothers safety is in danger.
I am a woman, but I'm not going to vote `I am a woman` because that tells you nothing really does it?

I dont believe this `equality means you can hit women` mentality, I would have thought equality means you shouldn't hit men. Generally you should not hit anyone, I thought that was well known.


But, really? Did we need this topic? The vast majority of the escapists attitude to gender politics is well represented. They dont need another soapbox.

 

[Ectoplasmicz]

Self-defence yes, but I guess in any other situation society dictates that I shouldn't.

 

[Doclector]

Yes. If wrong has been done and the proper authorities are absent or simply don't care (I live in england, so they usually don't in my experience. Unless you're rich...) nothing should immediately protect evil people from intervention, not gender, sexual persuasion, race, disability, not anything.

People seem to forget what "equality" really means. Everyone treated the same, legally and ethically. It does not mean "certain groups are less viable for intervention of any kind against their wrongdoings because we're trying to be equal". This is a step back.

 

[DrRockor]

i dont hit anyone ever regardless of gender. Pacifist buddhist over here, no violence, just causes suffering

 

[The Night Angel]

I would never attack a woman, and if she attacked me first, I wouldn't try to hit her, I would go for an arm lock or something to restrain her. If that didn't work, and she kept trying to hit me, then I would probably resort to hitting her back.

 

[mental_looney]

I've punched a girl, was in high school though and she did hit first but I'm a girl as well... I'd rather not hit anyone but if some crazy girl is trying to claw my eyes out again I will probably punch her.

 

[Queen Michael]

No. If it's a situation where it would be self-defense, I'd rather make use of running-away fu.