Comments on: Awkward Question Series: 3rd and Final Round

By: makakona

makakona — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:13:21 +0000

“i’d never hit a woman… but i’d shake the sh– out of her!” -chris rock

By: Kullervo

Kullervo — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:05:16 +0000

I probably wouldn’t hit a female under any remotely normal circumstance, but I don’t think I would hit anyone under a remotely normal circumstance.

On the other hand, I used to teach martial arts, and I’ve sparred with females before. But that isn’t really hitting with intent to injure.

I’m also an infantryman in the National Guard, but I’ve never had to use physical force on anyone in my military job. I think I probably would hesitate a lot longer before using force against a female than I would against a male.

By: Ela

Ela — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:58:43 +0000

I don’t think it is right to hit a woman- in almost any situation for any reason. If she is attacking you in any way you can restrain her but you shouldn’t hit her. Of course there are certain circumstances where there are exceptions. For example, if she is hitting you while you are driving and you obviously can’t restrain or stop her, sure, you might have to fight back till you pull the car over to safety. By all means a woman should not hit a man either, though. It all comes down to respect, safety of self and others, and individual agency. (Not necessarily in that order). To be brief, anyways…

By: ECS

ECS — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:50:37 +0000

You know I could kick your skinny white ass, Rusty.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:06:01 +0000

And see, Tom, I don’t find that chauvanistic, but respectful. I call myself a feminist, and yet the idea of applying different rules of physical force to the genders is quite appealing to me. Perhaps it’s because of my narrative above, or could it be I would benefit from such logic? Who knows…

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:32:28 +0000

Just to display my chauvanist bona fides, I will say that, while it’s never acceptable to hit a man or woman unnecessarily, I think it’s worse to hit a woman unnecessarily.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:41:33 +0000

I still remember the tackle in the snow at Youth Conference, back in the mid-80′s. She was carrying the ball on a sweep around right end, I dodged the blocker and hit her about waist-high with my shoulder. Down she went in a pile of powdery snow, and then we both got up, laughed, went back to the line of scrimmage, and ran the next play.

Yeah, it was all right.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:24:09 +0000

Hey ECS, you wanna know what’s going to be awkward? When the next time you want to comment on Nine Moons and it won’t let you because you’ve been BANNED!!!!

By: Eric Nielson

Eric Nielson — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:09:17 +0000

How about if you just grab her by the shoulders and shake really, really, hard? :)

By: ECS

ECS — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:32:21 +0000

When is it ever okay to hit anyone? The self-defense answer makes this question decidedly un-awkward. Sounds like Rusty lost his nerve for controversy after the firestorm over his last truly awkward question :)