# Violence towards women: Is it always wrong? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 25, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-towards-women-is-it-always-wrong/47143 "2000-12-25T02:58:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-towards-women-is-it-always-wrong/47143/21 "2000-12-30T21:31:17Z")
In my experience, women are just as violent as men; they are just more likely to channel their violence _through_ men, as in the example of having their boyfriend beat someone up. One of my biggest pet peeves is the attitude that you shouldn’t ever hit a girl. Sure, violence is the very last resort, but when it is used, I see no reason to use it in a sexist fashion. Oh well, the times they are a changing, and I think societal views on such things are in the midst of a shift for the better. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-towards-women-is-it-always-wrong/47143/22 "2000-12-30T23:13:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BlackKnight \* > **One of my biggest pet peeves is the attitude that you shouldn’t ever hit a girl. Sure, violence is the very last resort, but when it is used, I see no reason to use it in a sexist fashion.** Yeah I know what you mean. Why should you not hit a girl? That makes it better to hit a guy? Bull! Violence is bad against all genders, IMO. You shouldn’t discriminate…violence against anyone, regardless of race, gender, etc. is to be discouraged. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Philosopher)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-towards-women-is-it-always-wrong/47143/23 "2000-12-30T23:36:36Z")
A basic analysis is, if a person warrants a slapping, that person gets a slapping. Whether the chest is wobbly or not makes no difference. However, a woman can possibly be more frail than a man- but this is the same, since you still wouldn’t hit a woman softer than you’d hit a short, scrawny man. (Though it seems like I’m encouraging fighting all round, I’m not. I’m just making it a fair analysis by assuming it **does** come to blows.) Guinstasia- Rule of thumb; **NEVER** hit a man in the lower extremities unless you have expirienced the consequences. In fact, even if you, by some miracle of nature, have, please don’t anyway. It really does hurt. tracer- What do you do when a woman walks into your living room? Shorten the chain. \ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Philosopher)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-towards-women-is-it-always-wrong/47143/24 "2000-12-30T23:40:29Z")
\*jumps stupid smiley. never seen that one before, though… ---
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-towards-women-is-it-always-wrong/47143/25 "2000-12-30T23:47:16Z")
Personally, i’m not a big fan of anyone getting hit, but if it we’re up to me it’d be the jackass who designed the theater, as a 6’5" bean pole i know all too well what it’s like blocking folks, and i feel bad, but no matter WHERE i go it’s going to happen… there’s gotta be something they can do about this Upham [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-towards-women-is-it-always-wrong/47143.md?page=1)