What is your opinion as far as boys hitting girls and men hitting women?Why?

While I do not like the terms you have used (I am a pastor) I would like to point out the real facts of domestic abuse but first, instead of teaching that boys do not hit girls, we need to teach that people do not hit PEOPLE. To often our boys are taught they can not defend themselves regardless of what happens. This even happened to Joe Bidden, the one responsible for the first Violence Against Women Act. He was abused by his sisters and was told he could never lay a hand on them regardless of what they did to him.

In reality, women do hit first and they hit most often.

From the American Psychiatric Association which took this from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

These findings on intimate partner violence come from a study conducted by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The lead investigator was Daniel Whitaker, Ph.D., a behavioral scientist and team leader at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Whitaker discovered, of the 24 percent of relationships that had been violent, half had been reciprocal and half had not. Although more men than women (53 percent versus 49 percent) had experienced nonreciprocal violent relationships, more women than men (52 percent versus 47 percent) had taken part in ones involving reciprocal violence.

Regarding perpetration of violence, more women than men (25 percent versus 11 percent) were responsible. In fact, 71 percent of the instigators in nonreciprocal partner violence were women. This finding surprised Whitaker and his colleagues, they admitted in their study report.

As for physical injury due to intimate partner violence, it was more likely to occur when the violence was reciprocal than nonreciprocal. And while injury was more likely when violence was perpetrated by men, in relationships with reciprocal violence it was the men who were injured more often (25 percent of the time) than were women (20 percent of the time). "This is important as violence perpetrated by women is often seen as not serious," Whitaker and his group stressed.

Too often from cartoons, TV, movies people think it is funny when women hit men. Tell it to a member of Shattered Men who is totally blind from being hit by his ex wife. (I can give far too many other examples too)

NO assult is funny regardless of who is abused and who is the abuser.

opinion boys hitting girls men hitting women

Blah, blah, blah. The fact of the matter is, you will be legally charged with assault for hitting ANYBODY of either gender beyond what is required for self defense. And trust me, the laws on self defense do not say "If so and so hits you, or tries to hit you, it is open season to beat them to a pulp." I am a trained fighter. The fact that you spend a lot of time thinking about the logistics of fighting women leads me to believe that you are a sissy. If you took a swing at me, I would be legally entitled to prevent you from hurting me, and nothing more. Just because you might decide you had the "balls" to take a swing at me does not mean I would have a legal right to put you in a comma.

Edit: I guess a lot of people on her are young children who do not understand the legal ramifications of their actions. Just because somebody hits you does not mean you have a legal right to hit them back. If you beat somebody up, you are going to have to prove a hell of a lot more in court than simply that "he or she hit me first." You are going to have to explain in court why you felt that your use of force was justified.

If somebody hits you and you know you are not in danger of being seriously hurt, and you can easily get away from the situation without being injured (and this describes pretty much EVERY situation I have ever seen where some drunk or crazy slut started hitting on somebody) then you need to walk away. You can press charges afterward, and I would encourage you to do so. The way to teach a woman, or anybody else, that hitting is wrong is to let them deal with the nightmare of the criminal justice system.

He should NOT hit the girl/woman. If she throws a punch first, though, she's fair game. Self defense is allowed if a woman hits a woman, a man hits a man, or a man hits a woman. But it's not allowed if a woman hits a man, unless she attacks him with a weapon.

I'm not saying a man who's been punched once by a smaller woman should have the right to beat her half to death (although I think people would turn a blind eye to a woman who did that to a man in most situations, that's not right either), but he should be able to do whatever is necessary to get away. If that includes giving her a smack over the head, then so be it.

I agree, the rule should be that no one has the right to hit anyone else. If someone hits you walk away...get out of there and end that relationship. It isn't healthy or respectful.

Sometimes you just need to be the bigger person and do a 180 in the opposite direction. You'll feel much better about yourself and the person left behind that hit you is the fool. Forget them. Male or female.

Although the law CLAIMS to treat physical abusers equaly, it will do no such thing.

When women hit men, it is commonly laughed off referring to the guy as a wimp - only in the strongest circumstances are violent women held remotely accountable for their actions, and even then they usually are given very lenient sentences for their crimes.

Men, even when defending themselves, will be held fully accountable for their abuses (even self defense is commonly considered abuse if he strikes back).

This isn't just an unwritten rule - it's a practised endorsed and promoted by feminism.

The smartest thing to do, regardless of gender is to ostracize those people who hit their partners in anger. The moment they do it you should end your relationship. Unless you both think that hitting each other is a healthy form of affection - in which case go right on ahead.

I'd rather block a few blows, run away and keep myself out of jail, because that awaits you if you hit the most important people in society.

When anyone Man OR Women hit they should NOT be surprised if they get hit back. come on everyone knows NO ONE should hit it's STUPID and it makes you look like a child.

I watched Both my parents do this my mom would act so surprised when my dad hit her back i wanted to say what did you expect him to do? makes me sick to watch grown people act like babies. just my 2 cents from watching this growing up and YES the cycle of abuse has been broken and will NOT be passed on to my daughter

Well your question is rather long and I'm a product of our society so don't blame me for not reading all of it. ;-)

I just want to give my opinion. Don't hit a woman first but if she hits you, you owe her one back. (She won't agree with this because she is probably a feminist. But she is wrong.) I recommend giving one back having the same effect of her punch/kick or whatever. This will enrage her and she'll want to go at it some more. So eventually you'll just have to wrestle her to the ground until she has no energy to fight. This usually takes about 7 hours. The important thing is, don't let her get the idea it's OK for her to hit you with no retribution.