Male friend sent this video debate about if a man should hit a woman in retaliation and I responded.

I once saw this scrote on Reddit claim that he likes fantasizing about hitting women because "some of you uppity little bitches think you can attack us and not face any consequences. It's only THOSE women I wanna beat the shit out of!" First of all bro, you can justify your violent urges by claiming the woman in your fantasies "deserve it", but it makes you no different from literally any other abusive man. Every single scrote whose ever beaten a woman to death did so under the delusion that his anger was justified. Secondly, you're still objectively relishing the idea of inflicting violence on a subset of the population considerably weaker and smaller than you. And that right there is the definition of pathetic, bully behavior

Males who are your same size have 25% more muscle on their upper torso than a female. Their rib cages are 25% larger, fists are much larger, feet are much larger, arms are 10% longer and longer levers is more force ( women's arms are 50% of the length of their body and men's are 60% or more), men's skulls are much more armored up with bone, their bones are far denser and thicker, their hearts and veins are bigger, etc. So there's no reason for a male to ever hit a woman, unless she's attacked him with a weapon first. You pick on people who are your own size not weaker beings.

I used to do martial arts, and one day in class, the instructor decided we were going to practice getting kicked on our upper arms (biceps). I was partnered with a man. The moment his foot hit my arm, it sent a shockwave through my entire body. I held back the urge to scream. Needless to say, that training session was over for me after a single hit. He apologized and swore he tapped me as lightly as he could.

A few days later, I got the biggest, nastiest bruise of my life — red, purple, and yellow. It made the jaws of every student in class drop. To this day, I still have the photo of the bruise it left on my arm.

Men do not know how strong they are. A "light" kick nearly K.O-ed me. Thinking back, there were times where I would be sparring at 80, 90, or maybe even 100% of my strength and men would tell me to give it more energy. They were hardly phased by my strength. And this is why, actually, I do think it's okay for women to hit men — because men can take it. But NOT vice versa. I absolutely do not believe in equality in this arena.

So many moids and pickmes spending so much time imagine situations where it would be "okay" for a man to hit a woman. See that for what it is - these are violent men who want to hit women without consequences, and the pickmes who love them.

In the face of that bs, lets take a hard line on this one, queens - IT'S NEVER OK FOR A MALE TO HIT A WOMAN. I dont want to hear the hypothetical scenarios. I dont care. Here in the real world, males have murdered too many of us for me to have any sympathy for a scrote who wants my blessing to "defend" himself against a ficticious female attacker.

I’m kind of disturbed by the comments… the amount of people who say women deserve to be hit in full force by men if the female hit them is scary. I definitely don’t think any one should be hitting any one so I wouldn’t approve of the woman’s actions either: I understand self defense. But a man should be able to defend himself without using male level strength against a female. Maybe I’m wrong??

"equal rights, equal fights" isn't about men being afraid of women hitting them. It's men not wanting women to be able to say no to sex and having their young daughters groomed into patriarchal marriages. Men are never arguing about what they say they're arguing about.

Well, no shit.

Just as you would not hit a cat for swatting at you, a man should not hit a woman for slapping (or trying to slap) him.

If the woman had a gun, that would be a different matter, as guns are equalizers. But that's not the issue we're discussing.

I'm just thinking about a situation like Chris Brown and Rihanna. Sources say they hit each other, but does that make what Chris Brown did right? It's clear only one was capable of beating the living shit out of the other.

Both ways is toxic, but one was ultimately more damaging.

"Defense doesn't need to be an offense."

Ok, I think all of us here agree that men hitting women is an unfair fight, but I wanna ask about your male friend. What was his purpose in sending this to you and how did he respond to you? Is he looking for a fight or is he sincerely interested in your thoughts?