Is it ever alright to hit a female?

tdarko · #1 01-11-2007, 02:35 PM

I was talking to a guy the other day and his little 6th grade boy was beat up by one of his female classmates. I know haha right? That is what everyone else is doing in the school apparently. Long story short, she thought he was making fun of him (it was the kid next to him that he barely knows) and she walked up to him and close-fist punched him in the face, then dragged him to the ground by his hair. Then she got on top of him and started slapping. My buddy said they are the same size, and his kid threw her off of him and she hit a chair. She wasn't injured and he wasn't really injured either, his face was just red...she is just a 6th grader and not really strong enough to truly injure someone.

They both received "in-school suspension."

We were talking about this b/c he was having a hard time knowing what to say to his kid. Hitting a female is obviously wrong no matter what but it seems that a lot of the time the male is going to get in trouble no matter what. He didn't want to tell his kid to just take a beating, that isn't teaching the kid to stand up for himself. Obviously getting the female off of him w/o hitting her didn't work, he was suspended anyway--I said that this was still the best choice in this particular situation.

Then he said, "what if the female was twice the size of my kid and by chance he got her off him and she kept coming back and swinging at him, is it ever ok to hit a girl to defend yourself"?

So is it ever alright to hit a female? Give an example if you think so and if you don't think so tell your reasons why.

*** · #2 01-11-2007, 02:43 PM

Is it ever alright to hit anyone? Don't be sexist.

bonds · #3 01-11-2007, 02:44 PM

What if you're Wayne Brady?

barryc83 · #4 01-11-2007, 02:45 PM

Only if that bitch deserves it.

fluffpop62 · #5 01-11-2007, 02:47 PM

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Only if that bitch deserves it.

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I punched my little sister in the face because she deserved it. Interesting, though, because I'd never hit one of my girlfriends, but would definitely hit a guy friend.

solids · #6 01-11-2007, 02:49 PM

i didn't read your post, but the answer is no. it's never alright to hit a girl.

Bicycles_Biatch · #7 01-11-2007, 02:54 PM

Only if she held back on the transaction and didn't give 50% of what the John tipped her.

Vavavoom · #8 01-11-2007, 02:55 PM

I would only hit a girl if I thought my life was in danger if I didn't...

Otherwise - NO !

Vava

kongo_totte · #9 01-11-2007, 03:55 PM

Only on weekdays.

RunDownHouse · #10 01-11-2007, 02:57 PM

The only times I think its ok is if its legitimately the only resort. Almost all the time, there's no need to punch a woman, because you can and should be able to defend yourself or restrain her. Just grab her, throw her to the ground, and sit on her. If she's got a weapon, however, like a knife or bat or something, then all bets or off, and if you can knock her out, go for it. Ditto if she's on PCP or actually strong enough where you don't think you can restrain her without striking.

Hitting women is so frowned upon because its such a disparity in force. In cases where that's not so, all bets are off. It sounds like your son's situation is the latter.

To whomever said, "Don't be sexist," I couldn't tell if that was tongue-in-cheek or not, but I agree to a large extent. I wouldn't punch a 105 lb, 5' tall dude either if I thought I could just restrain him. Admittedly, I would be quicker to punch him than a female, but I still think the whole "disparity in force" thing applies.

EDIT: Also, in bar fight type situations things are also much more likely to be anything goes because the likelihood of weapons increases so much.