Reply #4: I was taught to fight back. Period. [View All]

[Meldread]

I was taught to fight back, period. It didn't matter if my attacker was male or female, if they are attacking then I have the right to retaliate. I still believe that.

In fact, I find it kinda sick that many Americans think it's funny when a woman slaps a man or that a woman is somehow justified in doing so. I find it even more sickening that the man is expected to just take it. I was raised on the principle that if you hit someone, they were justified in hitting you right back and that if you didn't want to get hit you wouldn't have hit the other person in the first place.

I also think female to male spousal abuse is horribly under looked in this country. It happens more frequently than many know, and yet is horribly under reported. Often the male doesn't retaliate against the female as he is afraid of being labeled an abuser. Even worse he is afraid of coming forward because he is afraid of having his masculinity challenged. (You know the old: "Ha. Ha. Ha. A woman beat you up."

I don't discriminate in the least. That includes when I am being attacked.