Post by @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net

@ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net

2026-10-27 10:09 UTC

Hopefully we can all agree that just as being generally physically stronger is not a valid justification to initiate violence, neither is being generally physically weaker. Yes, and water is wet. The source of this silly argument is not men arguing that it’s ok to assault women or initiate violence in any way. The original argument was about hitting back when being assaulted by a woman. It was a common believe* that you could never hit a woman, not even when you’re being assaulted. Then the "equal rights’ folks started saying “equal rights? so I can defend myself when woman attacks me same way as when a men does?”. I have no idea where the “you can just assault people” argument came from. I assumed it’s just a joke. *at least where I was growing up

Replies (3)

@Malica@lemmy.zip 2026-10-27 16:34

I read it the same way.

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@zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-27 17:09

I have no idea where the “you can just assault people” argument came from. I assumed it’s just a joke. I can’t believe people are seriously arguing against it. They’re arguing against it because it’s a straw man, and they don’t want to say “Yes, you can defend yourself against a woman who is attacking you”.

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@sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-27 18:21

I guess you’ve never been physically assaulted by a women, or met a women 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 happe nearly as often. Being a violent bully isn’t sex exclusive.

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