Originally posted by lazs2
tigress.. I am not all that fond of the way you put words into my mouth and... don't answer questions.
Do you think that a man should be able to beat up a woman who insults him just as he would another man? If a woman hits or slaps me should I be able to beat her up?
All this equality stuff and civilized stuff and "we are not cavemen anymore" stuff is fine... fine until the crap hits the fan.
When there is a disaster.. a riot.. a famine.. whatever... even here with something as mild as a hurricane or a riot over a verdict..
Well.. then thousands of years of instinct take over.. and the civilized veneer leaves.. women revert to their role and men to theirs.
It is the civilized veneer that is false not the instinct.
lazs
tigress.. I am not all that fond of the way you put words into my mouth and... don't answer questions.Goodness Lazs! Sorry! Didn't realize I was doing that. Not right.
Where did I put words into your mouth?
If I'm doing that I need to take a look at that cause I don't mean to.
On these particular questions, I thought they were rhetorical...
Do you think that a man should be able to beat up a woman who insults him just as he would another man? I don't think its ok to beat up a woman or a man for an insult.
But especially not a woman. I can not defend myself with my hands and feet from a man.
If a woman hits or slaps me should I be able to beat her up?I think a woman who hits a man is risking getting beaten up.
I would never do it.
I don't think you should beat her up but defending yourself from blows is reasonable. I don't think it is ok for a woman to slap or hit anyone unless she is physically defending herself or someone else from physical attack.
I would be tempted to hit someone beating you up if I though you needed the help.
Thinking about it... I don't recall slapping or hitting anyone since I was a teenager... that was a defense to a physical assault on my body situation.
All this equality stuff and civilized stuff and "we are not cavemen anymore" stuff is fine... fine until the crap hits the fan.
When there is a disaster.. a riot.. a famine.. whatever... even here with something as mild as a hurricane or a riot over a verdict..
Well.. then thousands of years of instinct take over.. and the civilized veneer leaves.. women revert to their role and men to theirs.
It is the civilized veneer that is false not the instinct.I agree with your statements as far as they go.
My living reality is something you can't possibly know first hand...
but I am very sure you know of it second hand to a degree having been married to a woman. And, you say you know yourself and what you and other men are capable of.
All of us women live on a thin edge between a civilized veneer and aggressive male instincts.
We are targets... always have been... always will be.
Even to the point of needing to close the blinds after dark to keep men from focusing on the house or me. I live very close with the threat of male instincts day and night... virtually all women do. I keep my doors locked, always and have a several weapons.
I believe most civilized men would not act on their instincts under "normal"conditions... but any man is capable of it under the right conditions and I can't tell by looking at a man if he is civilized.
I have reason to trust other women... most all of us do... and tend to look out for each other even if we don't know each other.
I do not look at men who are in cars beside my car... doing so invites a real problem.
Don't believe for one single second that we don't have a working understanding of what men are capable of. This information is passed down from mother to daughter... sister to sister ... friend to friend.
It always has been.
We live side by side with the Beast and manipulate the Beast to both love one of them and to protect ourselves from him and the rest of them.
We start working on the beast while they are very young. When an old beast tells a young beast to be nice to girls and women... likely it is old tapes from old beast's mother when he was young.
If you don't think we have working knowlege of what men are capable of... you are dreaming.
Far as I am concerned we civilized you men to what ever level you may be, otherwise this would still be a caveman-esque knock us in the head and drag us off by our hair reality. I have had men try that approach sort of after they have been drinking, it's not fun.
For you... what are the real no BS "only a man knows" reasons you don't want women in combat? And the "we can't emotionally/physically do it" I consider BS.
TIGERESS