hahahaha...Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts
one time, in college, I actually mud wrestled with some female friends. Unfortunately, my friend and I, not knowing much, bought huge bags of potting soil to use for dirt... Smart, I know. All I can say is, after the mud wrestling was all said and done, the feeling was not pleasant. I had splinters everywhere...
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"Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires." -William Blake
Of course, except for the obvious fact that men are usually stronger than their girlfriends. If he hits her and she can leave him (as in she can still stand, and he isn't physically inhibiting her from getting away), then she should do so. No point (likely ineffectually) assaulting him back, it's probably not a good idea to slap a man who's willing to haul off and hit someone who might be half his size just for the sake of your damaged pride, that could get you killed.
And blah blah financial dependence blah blah, it's a poor excuse for staying in an abusive relationship.
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I personally wouldn't find it okay to hit anyone or get hit by anyone except for maybe in defence. Ideally I wouldn't do that in defence either. An eye for an eye shall turn the whole world blind anyway. It goes equally for everybody; men, women, friends, foe, etc. Maybe it's only me but I am of the kind who likes to have too much of her personal space and doesn't even usually allow friends (even female friends) to practise hitting in joke or as a prank. Except well when it's very light and it's all in good humour. And again that goes equally for both male and female friends.
I appreciate your thinking, especially if you feel the same about getting hit by a fellow man.
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The reason I bring this up is because I saw this clip:
(sorry, there is an age/approval thing becuase the content is said to be disturbing)
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?ne...%3DXiwXb26mloQ
While the video gets funny ("How can she slap!?!?"), whenever I watch it, the people react by gasping when she slaps the man. When he slaps back, however, the people react even worse. It got me thinking why they react so strongly when he hits her back, but not when she slapped him.
"If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life." -Thoreau
Ní mar a dtarraingím mo chuid anála ach mar a dtugaim mo ghrá a bhfuil mé i mo chónaí
(Not where I breathe but where I love, I live)
Jesus. That was intense. It looks like India's version of Jeremy Kyle/Jerry Springer by the way, but yes that was pretty violent. He seemed to do that instinctively in his defence, the heat of the moment sort of thing. What a horrible woman too.
Well, if I consider myself equal to my man, then I should expect to be hit when I hit first. And if my hubby or boyfriend is stronger, then I should not complain if he hits me and he hurts me more than I him. Surely, I should know him before I hit him...
But hitting is childish, so I have grown out of it.
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"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
I thought she was a pretty horrible woman too. Her slap to the face was incredibly uncalled for....and, to be honest, I agree that if I am to call myself equal to a man, I should not complain if he slaps me after I slap him.
I don't disagree that most women are not as physically strong as most men, so a man hitting a woman may be more damaging than a woman hitting a man. However, I can't help but feel the "men can't hit girls" statement is a double standard. In our culture, it seems to be looked down upon, but not shocking if a woman slaps a man. How many times has a woman slapped a man and it caused us to gasp? Not many. At least not for me. However, the moment a man hits back, all hell breaks loose and people lose their cool. I can't help but feel like it is an unfair double standard.
"If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life." -Thoreau
Ní mar a dtarraingím mo chuid anála ach mar a dtugaim mo ghrá a bhfuil mé i mo chónaí
(Not where I breathe but where I love, I live)
I agree. I also think it is an unfair double standard. Women shouldn't be able to feel that they can do what they want and hide behind the 'he can't hit me back' philosophy. I'm not excusing violence you understand, it's just that women can't go around slapping men and expect them all to behave like Gandhi in return.
Ouch!hahahaha...
one time, in college, I actually mud wrestled with some female friends. Unfortunately, my friend and I, not knowing much, bought huge bags of potting soil to use for dirt... Smart, I know. All I can say is, after the mud wrestling was all said and done, the feeling was not pleasant. I had splinters everywhere...
J
Hahahaha, I like the guy who's standing next to the male slapper. He's like, "was that supposed to happen, or what?" HOW CAN SHE SLAP!?
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 03-08-2012 at 07:02 PM.
Seeing as its a gameshow and she's trying to get rid of them, then he's a wuss. It wasn't so hard to him, but he could have hurt her. She's doing a job. No wonder they jumped in to give him a kicking.
It's a gameshow, what? I don't know it looked pretty hard to me. The other 10-15 people piling in to beat up the man I thought was the worst part. How can that be OK too? What a horrible show. Like Eastenders on drugs.
Nah. Dd you ever see Endurance the Japanese gameshow?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOz7gaFfmU
Anybody who goes on a gameshow deserves what they get. I agree it's a horrible show, but everyone knows the presenter's doing a job, including the contestant. He was out of order.
Yes, it was definitely a game show. Bad acting as well. The fake intonation!
So I suppose that he was already kind of aggravated by the mocking of his friend in the Build-up to the slap-clip. So then she slaps him in an effort to make him do something because viewers are getting frustrated by this point...
Indeed, the question is why everyone was so outraged that he hit back... and started hitting him into the bargain. As far as I am concerned that was pretty humiliating for him because he looked quite sweet. On the other hand you know that people are going to do such things if you go on something like that... Although maybe it is absolutely a no-no to slap a woman in Indian (?) culture?
That Endurance show seems quite scary actually. I wonder why people would like to do that...
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
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