# Mamas, don't follow your babies into the men's room

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamas-dont-follow-your-babies-into-the-mens-room/506294>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 13, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamas-dont-follow-your-babies-into-the-mens-room/506294 "2009-08-13T15:32:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamas-dont-follow-your-babies-into-the-mens-room/506294/321 "2009-08-18T15:34:24Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> Shoot, **Malthus** , if you build that strawman any higher you’ll have MBSHA\* down on us for a violation.My bullshit detector is working just fine, thanks. And, unlike you, I don’t misrepresent someone’s remarks (i.e. **Smash** ) when their quote is staring me in the face _in my own post_.  
> \*Message Board Safety And Health Administration.

Please do tell. How is pointing out what Smashy actually said “misrepresenting”?

For what reason do you suppose he’s mentioning that stuff about parents exposing their kids to the animals and not bothering to name them, _except_ to counter the notion (mentioned by me) that parents have a protective instinct?

As for “misrepresenting” …

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> I can see that this thread has activated the Malthus Parental Pity Party locus (which no doubt is “hardwired” into your limbic neurons), but try to accept that normal, responsible parental behavior differs from that discussed in the OP.

Please point out where I’m claiming that the behaviour in the OP is “…normal, responsible parental behavior”. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamas-dont-follow-your-babies-into-the-mens-room/506294/322 "2009-08-18T16:11:42Z")

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> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#):
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> As a practical matter, any man involved in any physical altercation with a woman is going to be presumed to be the aggressor, and it will take lot to convince security and the police otherwise.

Maybe in the past this was true, but I know of couple of “domestic” situations where the police were called and arrested the aggressor, who was female. The male may have been verbally abusive and defending himself, but his spouse was kicking, clawing, biting.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamas-dont-follow-your-babies-into-the-mens-room/506294/323 "2009-08-18T16:59:49Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Maybe in the past this was true, but I know of couple of “domestic” situations where the police were called and arrested the aggressor, who was female. The male may have been verbally abusive and defending himself, but his spouse was kicking, clawing, biting.

My understanding is now SOP is to arrest BOTH their asses, barring some pretty obvious evidence that the guy was the aggressor.

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