awesome profile picture, lmao

I see what you did there.

How are you sure? What if they just fought over what kind of cheese to buy then BAM, OP loses if.

I'm pretty serious about cheese, but not THAT serious. ;)

@16 Yeah because the men ALWAYS deserve it, ay.

I wouldnt say ydi yet. I want to know if they were playing around and others took it seriously or if she was trying to beat him. men dont always deserve what they get. that is a very sexiest way to view things.

That is the mindset that creates misogyny.

158: I love the juxtaposition of your username.

Because it is

What a well reasoned and thoroughly explained response to my legitimate question.

70 Oh ok so its alright then for men to hit women then. "equality".

Okay, I'll bite. In most situations, it is not okay for anybody to hit anybody. But you asked why as a general rule women (and men too) think that it's acceptable for women to hit men, and not the other way around. There's actually loads of reasons. And before you start saying that it's "sexist against men", I assure you that it's just as harmful for women. Pretty much, because that's what we're told as kids due to an existing notion of gender inequality. When we're kids, we're taught that girls are weaker. You shouldn't hurt girls. Girls get hurt more easily. It's seen as unchivalrous or even emasculating to hit a girl. Equally, girls are taught not to hit hard. To be delicate, to be gentle, not to use violence. So even though biologically girls aren't particularly less strong than boys, they're taught not to hit that hard, so are less likely to cause as much damage. Add to that the social conventions of boys doing more sport, working out to build up muscles rather than lose weight, and we're left with a society of more physically strong men and less physically strong women. Women are basically taught to be physically weaker. Of course it isn't the case for every single man and every single woman, but as a general rule? Yeah. We also live in a culture where, as men as taught to be violent and women are not, women are more naturally afraid of men. Women are told not to go out alone or they'll be attacked. Women are taught to rely on men to make them feel safe. If a man raises his hand to a woman, she is more likely to be much more scared than he might be, purely because through her whole life, she's been taught that men are scary and can hurt her. It's not necessarily the truth, but it's what we're taught. Somebody once did a study where they asked groups of men and women about to go on a blind date with a stranger what their biggest fear about the date was. The men replied that they were scared of humiliation, that their date would laugh at them or reject them sexually. When the women were asked, most of them responded that their biggest fear was that the men would kill them. tl;dr women are taught that men are stronger and could hurt or kill them, while being taught that they are gentle and can't do much harm

"biologically girls arent particularly less stronger" LOL! Are you serious?? Hahahahaha! Male humans are biologically, and overwhelmingly far stronger than females. Males are born larger, with denser bones. They grow broader and taller than women. Women predominantly produce estrogen. Men, predominantly produce testosterone, you know, the hormone which builds lots of muscle, and also the hormone that have very little of? Why do you think steroids allow you to grow more muscle? Steroids are synthetic compounds of TESTOSTERONE. It is physically impossible for a woman to grow to the same muscle mass as or even close to a man, if she follows the same workout. Why do you think the biggest female bodybuilder is literally half the weight of the biggest male bodybuilder? Men are genetically bigger, faster and stronger than women. Period. Sorry for such a long reply, what you said was not only complete utter stupidity, but scientifically erroneous.

Sorry 110, men are not genetically bigger, faster, and stronger than women. Men have a genetic predisposition to gaining more muscle, and are generally broader and taller, but that is not what the post above you was talking about. In the general population, most men are not super bulked up. However, many women have been trained to think that no matter what the man looks like, he is stronger than you and you are weaker than him regardless of the truth behind the matter.

#113, his comment is still accurate. Most men are stronger than most women. Just like most women have bigger boobs than most men. It isn't always the case, but it's still pretty much true.

Personally, I don't believe the whole inequality thing. I am not condoning fighting by all means, but all I am saying that if the situation gets bad enough, men have just as much of a reason to hit a woman. I have a friend who loves to run her mouth and she will punch guys just for the fact that they "can't" hit her back. That is the only reason she does it so why can't the guys hit her back? Woman can hit just as hard as men can with the proper training. I know that girls aren't made to be as big but not all guys work on their muscles either.

it is never okay to purposely hurt ANYONE (except in self defense) regardless of gender. Men are usually genetically stronger...they were the ones that would fight off other predators and go hunting. Women are generally more gentle cause they were the ones to care for the children. Its our primal instincts. nowadays gender roles are being torn down and a woman can be as strong as a man but they do have to work at it. also. I want more info on this fml.. was she actually beating him with it seriously or were they playing and she says beating and people took it seriously?

to 110- i get what you are saying, and 99% of it is true. But i should note that some woman really do get bigger than some men. To say ALL men are bigger than ALL women is just not true. And a lot of women could beat the average man's ass. This is just coming from a female athlete

161, scroll down. She replied.

@113 You are wrong, and you contradicted yourself. You said men are not bigger, faster or stronger than women, but you said they grow more muscle, and are taller and broader. More muscle = stronger. More muscle, broader and taller = bigger. Taller, more muscle = faster. I cant believe i'm even having this debate. Go to a gym, look at the male lifters are lifting, and then what the female lifters are lifting. I get the whole "women wanna be equal to men", but to ignore reality and trick yourself into denial and argue against scientific facts is just childish. You dont hear me saying "hey! mens boobs are just as big as womens boobs, you sexist lady" Because its completely wrong and not true. @165 and this is coming from a guy with a degree in fitness and studying exercise science :P

yah. I saw it after I posted that lol

To #110 and all others saying I was being 'unscientific'. The point isn't about biology or hormones. The point is that the gender gap is not as big as we think. If men and women were both socialised in exactly the same way, women would be a lot stronger. The fact is that we are consistently told that it isn't 'ladylike' to be strong physically, and that's bound to affect our bodies. There's been studies done about the intersection between sociology and biology, which have found that so many things affect how strong/big women are. For example, women are told to eat less, while men are told "you're a growing boy". Boys are encouraged to roughhouse and fight. I'm not necessarily saying that all bodies are exactly the same. But I am saying that the way men and women are taught to interact with their bodies creates a difference in strength and aggression that isn't 'natural'.

Also, #176, an interesting observation is the number of men having breast reductions and the number of women having breast implants. We have this idea of how men and women should be totally different biologically, but clearly that difference isn't quite as big as people think. And yet the social pressure is there to conform to being a man (no breasts) or a woman (large breasts).

#226, biology and hormones certainly do play a role. One of my co-workers is transitioning to female, and she has talked about a very noticeable loss, especially of upper-body strength. She is still a marathon runner (but can't compete in the women's marathons for a couple of years because she still has some advantages from being male) and trains regularly, so this is clearly due to hormone treatments.

I'm sorry but you're just flat out wrong. In general, men do grow more muscle mass than a woman if they are given unlimited training time and unlimited food. How children are taught differs greatly between cultures, in conservative cultures (Saudi-Arabia, Nigeria etc.) your examples are very likely true but in a large part of the world they are no longer correct.