Since when did it become OK to punch girls in clubs? + other club trouble

[elliec]

A small rant here:

 

I was in corp on wednes (missed dr k tho - gutted) and got punched by a 6ft tall guy. I'm a 5ft6 girl. Have I missed something or is it now perfectly acceptable to pick on someone who quite clearly cannot match your strength? Feminists may cry "but women are as strong as men", but I for one, am certainly am not.

 

All trouble I have had in clubs has been from students. I don't know why. A lot of this has been blokes hassling me and unable to take no for an answer. This is most likely to be because I tend to go out on weeknights (I can't afford the weekend!). But no one has ever gone so far as to punch me for objecting to them groping my arse.

 

Just wondering if anyone else had had any trouble like this out and about in Sheffield.

 

Ellie

[evildrneil]

Since when has it been acceptible to punch anyone in clubs? Did you report said event to the bouncers / police / whatever?

[elliec]

Well, you will always get the small minority of blokes who argue over spilt drinks/girls pulling out each others hair over blokes etc, but I didn't realise that the gender barrier had been crossed.

 

I reported to the bouncers, who couldn't have been more helpful - they chucked him out and his mates looked after him. They were disgusted by his behaviour. It begs the question why they took him out really. But they were lovely.

[Strix]

The biggest dipsticks we saw in the corp looked like a troupe of sixth formers who'd been turned away from elsewhere that night.... and the time they turned up only added to my suspicions.

 

To round the night off, the biggest prat in the team tried to 'chat up' a goth bloke - well 'chat up' is crediting him with speech - he actually tried to grab the goth's hand, then staggered onto the dance floor after him, with his mates protesting about going home

 

Do the bouncers just let them in for a laugh?

[evildrneil]

Glad he got chucked out but I would like to point out that his behaviour wasn't due to any gender thang - it was due to him being a ****!

[elliec]

The biggest dipsticks we saw in the corp looked like a troupe of sixth formers who'd been turned away from elsewhere that night.... and the time they turned up only added to my suspicions.

 

To round the night off, the biggest prat in the team tried to 'chat up' a goth bloke - well 'chat up' is crediting him with speech - he actually tried to grab the goth's hand, then staggered onto the dance floor after him, with his mates protesting about going home

 

Do the bouncers just let them in for a laugh?

 

To be fair I'm 22 and every time i go to Corp I get ID'd. You'd think they'd remember me after a while - but anyway, they have seemed to have got a lot better with the under-age people, with more screening at the door. When i was in 6th form in Penistone, loads of under-age people got in. This does seem to be more and more rare.

[venger]

Glad he got chucked out but I would like to point out that his behaviour wasn't due to any gender thang - it was due to him being a ****!

 

Thats about the best answer youre gonna get I reckon, shoulda wacked him in the goolies maybe ?

[dj4321]

A small rant here:

 

I was in corp on wednes (missed dr k tho - gutted) and got punched by a 6ft tall guy. I'm a 5ft6 girl. Have I missed something or is it now perfectly acceptable to pick on someone who quite clearly cannot match your strength? Feminists may cry "but women are as strong as men", but I for one, am certainly am not.

 

All trouble I have had in clubs has been from students. I don't know why. A lot of this has been blokes hassling me and unable to take no for an answer. This is most likely to be because I tend to go out on weeknights (I can't afford the weekend!). But no one has ever gone so far as to punch me for objecting to them groping my arse.

 

Just wondering if anyone else had had any trouble like this out and about in Sheffield.

 

Ellie

 

This is very common and is getting worse. As a male I would never feel comfortable bringing a lady to a night club because the chances of getting into a fight because of this is odds on favourite.

Men for some reason, mainly in cheesey clubs and R&B clubs seem to behave inapropriately and ignore laws regarding this. They think groping a girl in a club is acceptable and unfortunately some girls do not help matters by allowing these culprits to get away with it.

First thing you should have done is told a bouncer or a club manager about the person who groped you.

Then immediately phoned the police that you have been indecentley touched and you wish to press charges.

i know it is a lot harder to do as it happens at a time when you are stressed out but if you have friends that have witnessed this, they should have assisted.

As for the guy punching you, this definately sums him up, however although i do not hit girls i was tempted to do this to a girl the other day because she verbally abused me for no reason. Alcohol has a lot to blame but ladies you must take care at all times, you never know who you may cross.

[SarahD]

I always ignore men who grope me in clubs. I think it's the best course of action because they're after attention or a reaction, even an angry one. Giving them that excuse for a fight is letting them win.

 

Personally I don't find it's just students. There was a sleazy old man in the Casbah a while back stood by the entrance touching girls faces. When he did it to me my boyfriend got extremely annoyed which nearly got messy.

[*Turbo*]

When he groped you then you should of turned around, smile (so he lets his guard down a bit) and then walk to him closely and knee/kick/hit in the ********