Found this while in my reading class. Spent some class time debating it.

Moxiecontin · 2013-04-29T03:58:36+00:00

As a 120lb lady dating a 230?lb man, I am absolutely sure that I could hurt him if I wanted to. What about my size prohibits me from pushing him down the stairs? Or stabbing him while he sleeps? These types of arguments always bring up the size difference between men and women, but that seems like it shouldn't have any relevance to the situation. Also, as I learned on an awful tumblr, more than half of American women are a size 14 or over, which I think pushes them out of the waifish little woman category. So what about a 230lb woman attacking a 120lb man? Am I allowed to feel afraid for that man?

trappedintwoworlds · 2013-04-29T02:28:38+00:00

Clearly women are incapable of getting a weapon. Or realizing if a man defend himself, even with great moderation, he is guilty of DV.

literallyschmiteraly · 2013-04-29T07:00:15+00:00

Tell that to the guy who's girlfriend slashed his face with a broken bottle because she didn't like one of his FB posts.

trthorson · 2013-04-29T07:09:38+00:00

Stuff like that ends up hurting the feminist movement, because you're automatically assuming every women is tiny and unable to defend herself (or even hurt someone) and every man is a muscular ball of aggression, unable to be hurt.

By confining your gender to a stereotype, you're doing nothing to promote equality.

jpaul3211 · 2013-04-29T03:03:11+00:00

This makes me frustrated just to see this dually sexist attitude. I can't even imagine the amount of smugness it took to write that.

2013-04-29T03:51:36+00:00

This is fucking disgusting.

CACKENBOOLS · 2013-04-29T09:56:19+00:00

As a 130lb man, where does that leave me?

dungone · 2013-04-29T04:41:50+00:00

Please, PLEASE tell me what this is from.

Nevermind, it's from...

http://books.google.com/books?id=n71hUcSOvwcC&pg=PA565&lpg=PA565&dq=According+to+one+of+your+readers,+insufficient+attention+has+been+paid+to+the+possibility+that+men+are+also+victims&source=bl&ots=qMRyOXHTo2&sig=4BlYMb3ohSKVI1TveM0uohNHcUU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q_p9UdSyDIrl0gHxlYDgDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=According%20to%20one%20of%20your%20readers%2C%20insufficient%20attention%20has%20been%20paid%20to%20the%20possibility%20that%20men%20are%20also%20victims&f=false

AnnArchist · 2013-04-29T04:05:38+00:00

what fucking textbook is that?

royzin · 2013-04-29T11:38:23+00:00

This ignorant point also fails to remember that homosexuality is a thing. "Research indicates that domestic violence among same-sex couples occurs at similar rates as domestic violence among straight couples." source: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/news/2011/06/14/9850/domestic-violence-in-the-lgbt-community/

CrossHook · 2013-04-29T13:04:49+00:00

That woman's complete lack of empathy is fucking disgusting. This is the same twat who will shriek like a banshee if her stubbed toe isn't taken seriously.

doughd · 2013-04-29T07:33:20+00:00

This may be off topic; but what publisher allows sarcastic colloquialisms in its textbook?

I hope you didnt pay for that piece of shit.

typhonblue · 2013-04-29T13:41:09+00:00

Statistically women weigh only around 25 lbs less than men on average and this is the peak difference in weight.

Between 0-15, women weigh the same or more than men. From 45 onwards they weigh more.

Between 15 and 45, the difference peaks at 25 then gradually tapers off.

So technically women aren't even that much smaller then men overall.

FlaiseSaffron · 2013-04-29T13:57:16+00:00

Ok. In what country does every man have no feelings and weigh 220 pounds?

poorlytaxidermiedfox · 2013-04-29T20:26:35+00:00

man is strong and looks after himself

LOOK AT THIS HORRIBLE AGRESSIVE PIECE OF SHIT MAN I'M SO AFRAID OF HIM MEN AREN'T STRONG THEY'RE EMOTIONLESS CRIMINALS DEATH TO ALL AGRESSIVE WARMONGERING MALES GRLLL POWER CASTRATE MALES TESTOSTERONE IS THE WORST THING EVER

man is not strong, and is being abused by the so-called "strongest gender"

LOL GIRLS LOOK AT THIS WEAK MAN HE CAN'T EVEN DEFEND HIMSELF LACKING TESTERONE HUH BOY HAHAHA WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT DEATH TO ALL MALES WHO CAN'T EVEN DEFEND THEMSELVES THEY DESERVE OUR PITY FOR BEING SO WEAK

You can't ever win with these people, can you? sigh

cody_au · 2013-04-29T11:05:28+00:00

Just reading that made me so fucking angry.

2013-04-29T15:27:52+00:00

So my 140 lb ass is allowed to hit a 300 lb woman.

2013-04-29T10:38:23+00:00

lol reading class. Do you get a grade for just showing up? "Oh, look who made it!"

EdgarAllenPoeish · 2013-04-29T12:30:42+00:00

I detect a bit of sarcasm in that last half.

Mr_Rivers · 2013-04-29T17:41:33+00:00

'Women are just as capable as men at everything! except when it comes to DV, theyre too weak'

Adrewmc · 2013-04-29T14:41:38+00:00

Hmm I'm detecting some logical fallacies here, no true Scotsmen, appeal to emotion, ad homonim, loaded question it actually goes on, really is quite impressive how many she could fit in there.

2013-04-29T15:25:21+00:00

how about fearing that she trow a tantrum hit him with skillet and call cop on him then remind him that if he dares to leave she get most his stuff

TacticusThrowaway · 2013-04-29T16:05:27+00:00

Ah, yes, the reflexive mockery and sarcasm that never addresses the central point.

Note how the writer compares the idea of a large man being threatened by a single woman to the reality of the fact that many women are harmed by male abusers.

Of course, I've heard stories from these large men who didn't hit back or report specifically because no one would believe the woman was a threat. Several were military, and capable of killing her with their bare hands. At least one abuser actually taunted the guy with that knowledge.

http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/post/38894184040/billie-shows-up-at-the-er-she-has-serious NSF lunch

2013-04-29T20:08:37+00:00

Beyond disgusting. Post-feminism doesn't need MRAs to discredit it - it does that for them.

littlebear1130 · 2013-04-29T21:33:33+00:00

As a 5'9" 250 pound rugby player even when you get hit by some one who is 120 it still hurts like fuck. Articles like this basically say that it ok for someone who is smaller to beat on another person as long as the person they are beating on is bigger than them. Oh my girlfriend is 129 and she hit me well fuck, If I throw one punch to protect myself she's in a hospital and I am in jail. On top of this I am the one who is wrong.

avian5913 · 2013-04-29T22:33:15+00:00

Not sure if this was posted yet, but I happened upon this interesting article a few months back. It is about a study done by Harvard researchers on this subject. http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/14/a-domestic-violence-victim/

Roddy0608 · 2013-04-29T22:52:17+00:00

Oh, he's heavier, therefore it doesn't matter. /s

Nerdloc · 2013-04-30T00:51:12+00:00

Funny how feminists only support sexual dimorphism when it prevents them from being an aggressor.

I can't hurt a man! I'm weak and inferior!

I demand to serve in the military!

Jazzeki · 2013-04-29T08:44:34+00:00

now now people. if this person want's to argue that women are inferior to men they are alowed to have that openion. unless they are woman ofcourse since being a woman would invalidate said openion. acording to themself at least. i mean how can we trust someone who can't even trust themself?

2013-04-29T17:44:32+00:00

I wonder if this argument flies in the context of rape. Are fat women less raped than skinny women because of size difference?

If I were to rape a 300lb woman, does that mean that her rape is trivial in comparison to the small 120lb woman?

Are rapes and assaults to be assessed on a potential damage basis inversely proportional to weight?

Bainshie · 2013-04-29T07:48:49+00:00

To be fair, while DV happens equally for both sides, and is always a bad thing, male to female DV is a more pressing issue due to the (generally) higher level of damage caused by the assaulter.

Of course, this article author is being a condescending arse.

Title	Found this while in my reading class. Spent some class time debating it.
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Date	April 29, 2013 2:22 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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