Women, do you hit men because you know they're not going to hit you back?

Hallelujah! FINALLY I found somebody who gets it!

And no, I don't hit men (or anyone, for that matter) because I know he (/she) is not gonna hit back. But if I do hit them, I would fully acknowledge the consequences.

Also, I applaud your ability to determine what is truly equal, without letting your emotions war with your opinion.

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I don't think anyone, no matter what their gender, should hit someone and not expect to be hit back because sometimes you just don't know what the other person is going to do. One time when I was a kid, my dad flipped out and broke my mom's wrist. In no way at all did she deserve it; and what he did was totally despicable, but she was arguing with him and expected him to just sit there and take it, or at least argue back. She never expected violence because in every other way my dad is the absolute sweetest guy in the world; he really is. She made a mistake by just assuming that based on gender roles, he wouldn't get mad and strike out. It's true that there seems to be this rule in the world where a man can't hit a woman but it's generally deemed fine for a woman to hit a man; I think because women are viewed as being weaker than men and thus can't hurt a man as much as he could hurt a woman. But I think the fact that there appear to be a lot of domestic violence occurances where women abuse their husbands proves otherwise. Like three years ago, my friend and his girlfriend and me and my ex were sat outside a restaurant with some drinks and my friend made a comment to his GF, which she took the wrong way, and so she just got up and threw his drink in his face. He seemed pretty mad but he never retaliated. If a man threw a drink in a womans face, he'd get villified by all the other customers in the restaurant and maybe even asked to leave. I think really everyone should just remember the rule of violence never being the answer, no matter what your gender.

I have heard it said: a man can only do to a woman what she allows him to.

And I believe the contrary would be of the same effect.

However, that said, if any person, male or female, is in a relationship with another person, male or female and either one of the adult partners should be hitting the other, there are major MAJOR underlying problems and it would be my opinion that they either part tCancellingor seek professional council immediately.

I have been married for 12 year and never, NOT ONCE, in those 12 years have either I or my partner hit each other.....

No form of abusive relationship can flourish or work in the long term without serious damage to one or both of the individuals involved.

And if you just ONCE hit your partner, you are involved in an abusive relationship, period.

Relationships were meant for companionship, nurturing and growth.

One partner hitting another goes against EVERYTHING relationships are meant to be.

I think its wrong of a man to hit a woman.

HIT a woman. If a woman decides to go on a slapping and abusing rampage hold her wrists and shove her away from you. But actually full on DECKING a B**** isn't right. Unless she has a weapon, then I'll punch a hoe straight in her teeth.

The facts are biologically men are going to be bigger, and stronger. it's called testosterone, something women do not produce enough of to compete; hence why as men we HUNTED. So to say that "Women can damage a man just as much as he can damage her." isn't necessarily the case. If she has somehow come across the capability of doing so(i.e - a weapon) then by all means drop her. But otherwise, heated argument or not; she shouldn't hit him, but if she does that probably means you should find a girl with some more self control and walk away.

My two cents

I am a man. I may hit back. So much for your stereotypes and social expectations.

I do have a right to "harm"; what you write is factually wrong.

I can/will harm people if they are a threat to my life or the life of someone else.

I can harm people, under certain circumstances, if they threaten my property.

Since I live in a democracy, every justified use of force by the authorities is me harming others.

Your philosophy is shallow and flawed. Your understanding of what my (and your) rights are is wrong.

Not only wrong, but misguided.

Go live under constant threat of death and physical abuse, until then you are indeed young and silly and clueless.

Life IS a competition. Civilization is NOT about creating a non-violent environment where no one suffers. That is a delusional utopia. Civilization is about allowing individual freedom up to the point where it harms others. Civilization is about the use of the minimum amount of force to accomplish the (rightful) goal. If people are not willing to fight for what is right, they will lose those rights. Fighting may include harming others.

that's what a feminist believes in. about hitting men back, because being a feminist means they're getting even, but really the feminsts are turning their abuser into a victim. how hypocritical of feminists to react that way.you can't solve a problem by throwing stones at each other, because there will be a retaliating stone, and stupid sht of drama happens, and ppl get caught up in a revenge cycle. if you take the law into your own hands, you will be responsible for the consequences of your actions in this case.

Society has created this behavior. Even in the media it is ok to hurt a guy. On the show Everyone Loves Raymond in an episode Debra punches Ray in ballsand that is completely fine, everyone laughs at him in the ground in pain and it is a source of comedy.

What do you think would happen if it were the other way around.

And laughing at a guy getting his penis cut off on a national talk show, I won't even waste my time on how disgusting that behaviour was. But this type of behavior is completely ignored by women, and often encouraged.

I don't think it's right for a man to hit a woman but if a woman is hitting a man like maybe once slap or a hit on the arm or something then he should just walk away and leave it alone but if she is seriously hurting him for example if she was bigger than him and he was seriously in danger then he would be allowed to fight back in self defense but if a woman is hitting a man and it isn't hurting him in any way he should just walk away

I've never hit a man. I don't have any trouble keeping my emotions in check.

I think the women who hit men do it because they know they're safe and that the men are too decent to hit back. Men who hit women do it because they know the women are too scared or physically weak to hit back.

At first when I read the question, I thought it had to do with flirting. Like ill jokingly hit, not hard tho, because I know he hit won't hit back. Of course, that's with flirting.

But actually hit a guy?? Never, I believe they will hit me back. Lol