• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    I guess you’ve never been physically assaulted by a woman, or met a woman who just does entirely seriously believe its ok for them to hit a man.

    I have.

    I just guarded, blocked, and escaped the situation, called and reported an assault.

    My idea, my thinking was that it is so obvious that men are capable of and do enact violence against women that … we could take that for granted, and try to add something to the conversation that doesn’t get talked about as often, despite that it does happen nearly as often.

    Being a violent bully isn’t sex exclusive.

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      14 hours ago

      Same, a few women have escalated to hitting me in an argument.

      I might have been being a dick. I might not have.

      I didn’t hit them back, but when I was in a relationship with them, I told them that if they ever hit me again, that would be the end of the relationship.

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        9 hours ago

        Yeah that kind of thing is like one of the very few situations where a relationship ultimatum is probably justified.

        Personally I’m too old and jaded to give people that kind of chance, I’d just end it there, leave, but… some people can change.

        Its not impossible, its just rare, at least in my experience.

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      14 hours ago

      I guess you’ve never been physically assaulted by a woman

      No, I haven’t but I have no idea what point you’re trying to make. What you’re saying has no relation to what I said. I said that no one is seriously trying to justify assaulting people for no reason, not that violence is somehow sex exclusive. Maybe you replied to the wrong comment?

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        13 hours ago

        I literally just told you the point I was trying to make.

        The thing that you are saying no one does or thinks… you are simply wrong, many people think that and do that.

        To state it plainly: some people do think it is ok for a woman to physically assault a man.

        Maybe less of them will outright say that, that directly, outloud, but actions speak more loudly than words… and we have statistics that catalogue those actions, that I linked to, and referenced, and explained, in my top level comment, that you replied to.

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          12 hours ago

          So you think murders and rapists will openly claim that it’s ok to kill and rape people? I think you’re confusing what criminals do and what people argue about online.

          some people do think it is ok for a woman to physically assault a man.

          Some people think they were kidnapped by an UFO. It still doesn’t make for a valid argument about extraterrestrial life.