Anonymous #1 11w

this is the equality argument I said in the post…. I get it but the point is it’s not the exact thing. physically and also just societally like if a man is slapping a woman it is almost 100% of the time for a completely opposite and wrong reason, majority of the time if women do it it’s because they are being disrespected or harassed or a man deserved it😭like I get it, bc they say that about us but that’s the pointttt men systematically abuse women. idgaf if you slap a man. abuse is different

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Anonymous OP 11w

I will never support a woman abusing a man or anything like that I understand that’s real and valid, i’m talking about specifically when women react in a physical way we are expected to be treated jus like men when they’ve been beating raping and murdering us for thousands of years 😭😭

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Anonymous OP 11w

hundreds maybe but still

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Anonymous OP 11w

it’s not equality, it’s why would you treat someone in the same awful way you don’t want to be treated. it’s an entirely different argument. and just because SOME men have made bad choices doesn’t make it okay for us to physically hurt the ones who hasn’t. it’s just an awfully aggressive and immature take

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Anonymous #1 11w

also i’ve been physically and mentally abused by two different boyfriends lmao so i’m not just speaking with no experienced

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Anonymous #1 11w

I agree with what you are saying, but it doesn’t negate the post or the way I feel

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Anonymous OP 11w

i’m not 100% sure how you can agree with what i’m saying and also stand by your post, i respect your opinion though

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Anonymous OP 11w

i’m sorry you had to go through that :(

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Anonymous #2 11w

not for some reason… it would no matter what: the skinniest guy you know is still most mostly stronger than you just bc they are biologically

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Anonymous OP 11w

that idea comes from misogynist thought, every women is not inherently weaker than every man

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Anonymous OP 11w

the dynamic of a man slapping a woman and a woman slapping a man is 100% different; that said, we’re in a weird middle ground where we’ve begun addressing DV while still buying into seemingly-innocent perspectives rooted in patriarchy. this can make it more difficult for male victims to even realize it’s abuse (let alone for them to be taken seriously by others)

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Anonymous #4 11w

that said; in either dynamic, the perpetrators have some sort of power over the victim based on their gender(s), and they’re very different types of leverage. it doesn’t do either situation justice to put them on a scale and compare when they’re not 1-to-1

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Anonymous OP 11w

sidenote, but hitting someone who you're supposed to love is extremely toxic behavior, even if you're in the "right." being overcome with emotion and slapping someone happens, but it’s incredibly gross to try excusing or justifying it. it’s wrong regardless of the situation.

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