Is it 'wrong' for a man to hit a woman?

Seems you have a rather skewed moral compass then. Hitting ANYONE is wrong without provocation, but are you suggesting you can't defend yourself either? What a joke.

Just because you were taught something as a child doesn't make it right. I was taught that Santa Claus was real as a child. I was taught that despite my feelings I should knuckle under to religious oppression at my school, which was a defining factor in my fall in to depression. "Because my parents said so" is not valid reasoning for something to be right or wrong.

 

Flawed logic. If you had even BOTHERED to read the replies to this topic you'd know why.

 

Removed some shit posts. See Swan's post if you're wondering why...

 

Although a man hitting a woman in self-defence isn't at all morally wrong, that does not necessarily mean that the man ought to have hit the woman as his mechanism of self-defence. On the contrary, if you do such a thing in say a crowded bar, even if it is self-defence you are likely to get hurt by surrounding males. So while there's nothing wrong with it, due to societal expectations of men not hitting women (unless perhaps they're swinging a knife at you), and the consequence of not following that expectation in a variety of circumstances is not at all favorable to you, it's usually just best to shove them off if they try. Do not conflate what is morally acceptable, or what is morally not unacceptable, with what you morally ought to do.

 

Many women rely on this social construct when they make decisions they ought not to. I don't think it's fair to the woman to treat them any differently than if it were a man with a knife. I doubt anyone would contest your decision to strike a woman with a knife, and if they do then hit them too.

 

Some women straight up deserve it, a woman can pus you so far the only thing you'd like to do is throw a jab or something.

But don't do it, you'll find yourself in a lot of trouble.

 

I was once told, I deserved to be beaten, left that mofo faster then you can blink.

And no women do not deserve to be beaten, neither do men, if someone thinks another person is deserving of beats, they should be in prison for for thinking that, because generally speaking most people that think that (and majority of the times I'm aware of its a guy vs girl) will act upon their thought. The fact that people go around thinking their self-worth is better then another to want to beat someone is disgusting, in this day and age.

Personally if I've ever said to a man that I'd hit him, or slap him, they've always told me they'd like it. Which is ofc.. a little odd. But I know I would never stay in a relationship if a man was to beat me, or hit me.

If it was in a general fight, and a women was to hit you, ofc protect yourself, that doesn't mean hit back, it means protect, and defend yourself. When your in a fight and your blocking an opponents attacks you dont hit back, you block. When you attack back that's when the issues arise.

Like I said women shouldn't hit men, and men shouldn't hit women.. But this is the world we live in, and we're not humans, we're monsters.

And anyways in the UK, hitting someone else, even touching them when they don't want to be touched is Assault, a fist is a weapon.

 

A foot is a weapon, a head is a weapon, your shoulder is a weapon... You can use these things to seriously injure a person. The art of self-defense is ambiguous and not direct. Reasonable use of force, no matter how it's done should be justified to protect yourself. I've witnessed a woman bite a man's face because her arms were being restraint. I guarantee if that guy simply pushed her back or hit her with reasonable force, she would stop or someone would break it up. This unwritten rule set by society holds no weight.

 

That I do agree with, but your level of self-control in situations should be maintained within using reasonable force. There's a clear difference in situations where it encourages assault and between ensuring reasonable force to prevent someone from attacking you.

@Shall Skill, I don't know if your questioning if men are better, or what, but you sound rather ignorant in your statements, you don't think women sit in offices making bank?

 

I do believe that hitting a woman isn't right. Don't we all. But I don't think that woman can be able to abuse that belief. If a woman comes up and throws flying fists at you because she knows you can't do anything, I think that's going too far. I know violence isn't the right thing to do, and even though I don't necessarily agree with it, it seems like it's one of the best ways to shut the other person up, so to say. In self-defense cases, I think you're a lot more likely to get the person to leave you alone by putting them in there place physically rather than verbally.

Although from what I've noticed, growing up in this generation (I'm 19), a fight between a male and female could end two ways. 1. The woman throws fists at the guy, he just sits there with his arms over his head taking the hits, getting his ass kicked, and then everyone calls him a bitch. Or 2. After a few hits the guy hits her with an uppercut and gets in trouble for hitting a girl.

 

I believe the ONLY time it is acceptable to hit anyone is in self-defense. I believe in equality for both sexes. Just because someone's gender is female does not give her the right to hit you and expect nothing in return. You should never hit any gender first, and should self defend in certain situations.

 

This exactly. Never ever create a fight no matter what. If you are attacked defend yourself, regardless of who is attacking you.

 

I believe it's wrong to hit anyone, regardless your or the other person's gender, unless it's for self-defence.

 

I personally would never hit a woman. Unless if it was self defense and she was some extremely strong body builder, or she was attacking a family member that was weaker than herself.

 

You shouldn't hit anybody however if they punch others they should be ready to take some back. Also they want equal rights so I think everyone should be treated the same male or female.

 

yes it is wrong, however in the serious circumstance if she was about to kill you or harm children or something of that nature, beat her down

 

I treat everyone alike simple, I look past color, religion, and sex. If they deserve to get knocked out then that's that.

 

closing this since it's not generating useful discussion anymore