[Sheefeadalfuh]

*****.

[UFJon]

hit them with psychology, floors them every time

[pobrierce]

Equality
Paternity leave

[Abaanto]

It's silly to make a blanket determination based on somebody's gender. When you've been struck then sometimes it's appropriate to respond in kind to a woman, sometimes it's not appropriate to respond in kind to a man, and vice-versa in both cases.

However, I think it's absolutely indecent to respond in kind to being struck by somebody (male or female) who has freckles, and I will respond with gibbering moral outrage if you disagree with me.

[F1grandprix]

I think you are in the minority here loin. Ginger kids have freckles and we all know it's acceptable, and indeed necessary, to thrash ginger kids.

[NiliSpuppypax]

The obvious follow-up question is: is it acceptable to hit a man back? It's implied by the thread's question that it is, so the question should instead be phrased, should the automatic response to being struck by a man be to strike him back? Just how far are we going to take this gender inequality thing - is it going to be "never hit women, always hit men", or is it going to be "never hit women, always hit men (if you can run faster than them or are larger than them or outnumber them)", or what? Because I've been struck three times in my adult life, and I never considered the appropriate response to be retaliation despite the fact that the assailants were all males - in all cases the assailant just needed to cool down and/or sober up, and escalating the situation wouldn't have accomplished anything productive.

When I wrote the OP no thought was given to hitting men. With respect to men I agree that hitting back need NOT be automatic.

I have been assaulted once in the past 30 years. A man took a swing at me, missed and fell over. He was so blind drunk that he couldn't get up (or aim his swing at all well). I just kept walking while he shouted the vilest obscenities. The idea of hitting him didn't even occur to me (he hadn't hit me anyway but not for want of trying). He was so drunk he was completely incapable of doing me any harm. (I didn't help him either. He would just take a swing or kick if I did).

Oh, and another time a chick gave my face a jolly good slap. A friend thought it would be funny to pinch her bum in a way that it look like I did it. The idea of hitting back didn't occur to me.

[Cuccuccaltefe]

Oh wait I forgot I live in Philly Fighting is a way of life here.


I'm from Philly, so you know I like scrappin',
Put your lights out faster than a Barry White album

[Tazqoaap]

Hey if someone hits me first or threatens me, I'm supposed to let myself get killed? **** that ****.

[broksaksaak]

And still Alpie is wondering why he can't get a wife...

[russmodel]

What the hell life-style do you live? I average a fist fight a year and I don't drink, don't do nothing, try to be peaceful, and honestly, don't even leave the house much

I've gotten into multiple fist-fights just at my jobs with employees.

I've just lived in peaceful neighbourhoods, always have. There is never any strife for me.

BTW I have never even seen anyone fighting at work.

Edit: The poll results so far suggest the age of chivalry is well and truly dead.

[Tainlyferfara]

Basically it is a definition of what you define as "hit".

If a woman slaps me in the face without due cause she can expect a slap back. Of course I am not going to knock her off her feet.

[9rCR9hWL]

Oh wait I forgot I live in Philly Fighting is a way of life here.


I'm from Philly, so you know I like scrappin',
Put your lights out faster than a Barry White album

I've never been assaulted. But I did suckerpunch someone in the face in high school.

Canada.

[Saqwnht]

I think it's acceptable to hit back, but I never have and probably never would.

ACK!

Ditto. I prefer to keep myself out the situation where they hit me.

[corkBrobe]

Serious answer

It is completely unacceptable to hit a woman with your fist closed, but a strong slap (with all the weight of your body and great hand acceleration) that throws her to the floor and leaves her dizzy and calmed is acceptable in cases of female aggresion or female hysteria.

[steerryGritly]

It's silly to make a blanket determination based on somebody's gender. When you've been struck then sometimes it's appropriate to respond in kind to a woman, sometimes it's not appropriate to respond in kind to a man, and vice-versa in both cases.

However, I think it's absolutely indecent to respond in kind to being struck by somebody (male or female) who has freckles, and I will respond with gibbering moral outrage if you disagree with me.

Don't forget there is usually a stronger negative reaction in society to a man hitting a woman, than a woman hitting a man.

[loikrso]

If she can't hurt me? Then no, I don't think it's acceptable unless it is necessary to protect somebody else.

I wouldn't consider it acceptable in most circumstances to hit a smaller/weaker man who couldn't hurt me either but if he tries something by my girlfriend that could really change.

[nemoforone]

No.

Now this is odd - you're in favor of beating children but you're not in favor of beating women. Does this mean that you're not in favor of beating female children? Or does this mean that you're only in favor of beating females if they're under the age of consent?

[lodsemelf]

[Trikaduliana]

no way! only if that woman used to be a man (went through hormone therapy and all that) than it's OK.

[MzTT]

Now this is odd - you're in favor of beating children but you're not in favor of beating women. Does this mean that you're not in favor of beating female children? Or does this mean that you're only in favor of beating females if they're under the age of consent?

Conservatives hate children.