Do you think men should be allowed to hit women.

Jason from big brother has just said if any woman in the house slapped him he would slap them back.

I don`t think men should hit women as they are the more stronger of the two sexes.

What do you think?

I don't agree with violence.

However if someone hits you, you should have the right to hit them back.

If you are bigger does that mean that you don't have the right to defend yourself?

How many times do you let a woman hit you before you can hit back?

I know women who have hit men to provolk them into hitting them back, so the woman can claim they're wife beater.

If she didn't want to get hurt, she shouldn't have cast the first stone.

Play with fire and you will get burn. I have absolutely no sympathy with her.

If she's going to attack someone she should expect to get smaked. Stupid girl.

I don't think anyone should hit anyone. Violence breeds violence.

If a woman uses force/hitting/slapping then I think it is only fair that a man uses the same amount of force. This proves difficult though as men are generally stronger than women and how do they gague this?

Also if a woman needs to hit a man then she needs some sort of help controlling her temper the same way a man would.
Its all unacceptable to me.

Originally posted by rosie
Do you think men should be allowed to hit women.

Jason from big brother has just said if any woman in the house slapped him he would slap them back.

I don`t think men should hit women as they are the more stronger of the two sexes.

What do you think?

I don't think anyone should be hitting anyone.

However, the screeching trolls in the big brother house, Marco included, would make me want to slap them too!

yea i agree - totally unaccepatble in either case
don't forget that there's a lot of men that are the victims of 'domestic' abuse - i think upto 10% of reported cases actually (will try to back that up if i find anything on it) - and you have to remember that lots of men would not report it of course

but like i say it's totaly unacceptable in either case

Originally posted by Bedhead
yea i agree - totally unaccepatble in either case
don't forget that there's a lot of men that are the victims of 'domestic' abuse - i think upto 10% of reported cases actually (will try to back that up if i find anything on it) - and you have to remember that lots of men would not report it of course


A police report a couple of years ago said that domestic violence against men was far more prevelent than domestic violence by men :o

Originally posted by evildrneil
A police report a couple of years ago said that domestic violence against men was far more prevelent than domestic violence by men :o

that's disturbing being as you hardly ever hear about men being abused

Originally posted by Bedhead
that's disturbing being as you hardly ever hear about men being abused

That's cos they worry they'll appear 'unmanly' if they report it...

many years ago i saw a women knock 2 men out outside the dog and partridge on attercliff. she wasnt 2 be messed with but generally men what hit women for me are w------.

So you think women should be allowed to hit men then, Rosie?

You do seem to be implying it's OK for a woman to hit a man?? I can't see why... there are some pretty scary women out there, so it would be ok for them to slap a man about even though they might be twice the size of the man? what about someone who has undergone gender reassignment? is he / she alllowed to be hit or to hit anyone else???

I don`t think a woman should hit and fight with a man, defend yes hit for no reason no.

I was brought up where my mum hit my dad while she was depressed and on tablets.
I did not think that was right, he stayed because he loved her.
I don`t think he was right in staying.

But in the bb house I don`t think it is the right place for Jason to say he would slap a girl, it occurs to often in society.

I would rather discuss than fight.

If a woman hits a man then she shouldn't complain if he hits her back.I don't agree with any of it though - i don't like violence it makes me sad.

I don't think anyone should be hitting anyone else. It doesnt take two braincells to raise a fist, but it does take a certain amount of intelligence to keep your cool and try and resolve things without violence.
Saying that, the other night I witnessed a young girl getting beaten up by a man. She was fighting back, but it didnt take him long to knock her down. Men are on the whole stronger than women, that's just the way it is, and in a fight, it will usually be the man who wins. Note i say *usually*.
Incidentally, I phoned 999 about the girl getting beaten up, and it took them 5 minutes to answer the call. 5 minutes. By that time he was long gone, and she had staggered off. I hope she's ok.

I don't think people should hit each other, irrespective of their genders. People should learn to control their tempers better.

However, if a woman hits a man, then she can't really complain if he hits her back with the same kind of force. Some couples I know, the woman is much larger and stronger than the man, so does that make it better for the man to do the hitting rather than the woman?

If someone tries to hit me I will defend myself. And the best defence is a good offence .
If you've got time to worry about what sex they are, then they aren't doing a very good job of trying to hit you, so you probably don't need to do much to defend yourself anyway.

Wow - just reading this post (and I know it's kind of off the topic) made me think of the smacking children post. Most people here say it's not ok to hit someone, yet on the other post, people are fine with smacking their kids.

I wonder if there's some correlation - if children who are smacked grow up to learn that hitting people is ok?

Wrong. Hitting children provides discipline so long as it is conducted in a controlled manner. Violence in general is wrong though, but if women want true equality rather than the one way traffic equality they seem to be aiming for, then they have no right to complain if a man hits them back - they shouldn't be hitting the man in the first place and since both are so equal, why shouldn't the man hit back if thats what he feels is appropriate? Would I personally? No. It's just the whole selective equality trend that annoys me, and this is a good example.

Originally posted by t020
Wrong. Hitting children provides discipline so long as it is conducted in a controlled manner. Violence in general is wrong though, but if women want true equality rather than the one way traffic equality they seem to be aiming for, then they have no right to complain if a man hits them back - they shouldn't be hitting the man in the first place and since both are so equal, why shouldn't the man hit back if thats what he feels is appropriate? Would I personally? No. It's just the whole selective equality trend that annoys me, and this is a good example.

Violence in general is wrong - but specific violence is ok ?

Originally posted by t020
Hitting children provides discipline so long as it is conducted in a controlled manner. Violence in general is wrong though

Sounds a bit condradictary. You have decided that hitting children provides discipline, but what if your wife or girlfriend decides that hitting you will provide you with discipline? I suppose if she hits you in a controlled manner then it will be fine.

I was taught at school by a teacher who I resepcted immensley, never to hit a lady.

Its maybe a bit old fashioned today but thats what I still belive and teach to my kids today.

Thanks Mr Parker.

I think a lot of woman-beating is down to culture and upbringing. It is possible to address the matter because it's caused by nurture, not nature.

When I was at secondary school in Sheffield, the boys NEVER hit the girls, even when provoked; if they did, they'd be called a sissy. And, for most of the time, girls behaved like girls.

Now, fast forward to when I was at secondary school in Liverpool, where boys would hit girls when provoked; otherwise the boy would be called a sissy. Mind you, the girls didn't behave in a ladylike manner.

I'm not excusing the behaviour of those boys (in case any man-hating butch feminist is reading), but that's my personal experience.

Two wrongs don't make a right...

Everyone has a right to defend themselfs against attack,tho i could never imagine hitting a woman.

A friend once told me a story of a bloke he knew. He was in a bar talk to a bunch of people and one of the women there for some reason took a disliking to him. Anyway by the end of the night there having a real go at each other whilst this womans boyfriend does nothing to calm her down. She starts lashing out,punching,kicking and screaming,so this fella gets hold of her and says "Look, i'm not gonig to hit you but if you carry on i'm going to beat the **** out of your boyfriend" She soon stopped after that.

I would like to think that i could be that cool headed in that kind of situation.

I agree that two wrongs don't make a right, but it still seems a bit strange that a woman can hit a man and then get upset if he hits her back.

My fiancee and I never hit each other and never would, but IF she did decide to hit me then I still wouldn't hit her back.

Once a person hits someone, they leave themselves open to whatever comeback the recipient sees fit.

If the person is going to get upset when they get a slap back, they shouldnt have crossed the line from argument to violence.
Male or female.

i dont agree with men hitting women man should never put there finger on a woman violence is never the answer should sit down and talk.

Originally posted by ilaria
i dont agree with men hitting women man should never put there finger on a woman violence is never the answer should sit down and talk.

what about in a case where the man is defending himself?
are you implying that it's okay for women to hit men, or that somehow it's worse if it's a man hitting a woman?

no im just saying women are fragile.

i know a few women who would disagree with you about that, and it sounds like a rather broad generalisation. I also know a few men who are fragile and would probably be more hurt by violence than most women.

No kind of violence is right. Men shouldn't hit women and women shouldn't hit men, it hypocritical to accept one and condemn the other, but hey lack of violence only exists in an ideal world which doesn't exist