The simple answer yes.
The long answer. I grew up with the same morals a lot of people here are saying. You should never hit a woman. They deserve our protection.
But in imo that mind set was horrible. In turns women into objects and objectives instead of people. So now I take them on a case by case scenario. And I would hit a woman for the same reasons I would hit a man. Of course those reasons are few and basically boil down to defending myself or defending someone else if they need it regardless of genders involved.
And I think the most important is the context part. I look at the person instead of the gender and evaluate from there.
Originally posted by Newjak
The simple answer yes.The long answer. I grew up with the same morals a lot of people here are saying. You should never hit a woman. They deserve our protection.
But in imo that mind set was horrible. In turns women into objects and objectives instead of people.
"I consider you a person, you're not an object in my mind"
*bashes her head in*
I recall having a friend in high school that after becoming comfortable with you would slap, or attempt to slap you in the face, head, etc. I warned her to never do that to me again, and she stopped. I didn't have to escalate the situation to a point that we could not come back from. It is not okay to hit another human being. If a woman hits you and you warn her about it, she should never hit you again. If she continues after that point you get the proper authorities involved, and do whatever you can to stay away from that person. Women are typically weaker than men this is true. That's also not the point.
Originally posted by Bentley
Well, if you ignore what it is that you must fear, then you cannot fear it properly. This is why an excellent education system makes a society full of cowards 👆
You can't exactly turn fear on or off.
It's an inner demon that you must learn when to listen to it & when to ignore it.