I've hit a girl.

[Az]

The 'boys are stupid, throw rocks on them' T-shirt thread reminded me of something that happened during the time I was not posting on poly.

I know this girl, she's a friend of mine, and sometimes we go clubbing together. So one time, we are dancing, and she starts hitting me, like punching and stuff, and not only that this is quite embarassing, and annoying, it also hurts. So I ask her to stop, she doesn't reply, and after a few seconds, she does that again, so I ask her again, after a few seconds, she slaps me on the face, I slap her back, instinctively. She's somewhat shocked, and is insulted. I walk to her, and tell her that though I am sorry that things got this way, I am certainly not ashamed of my actions, and she should've known better. To make a long story short, she has admitted she was wrong.

Question is, do YOU people think I am right?

Should I join the wife-beating crowd in the corner, or what I did was ok?

[Ecthy]

girls don't have more rights than boys. she asked you for it.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Personally speaking, I'd have given her a mouthful of abuse and walked off. I'd only have hit her if it was genuine self-defence- ie a threat of real injury or death.

[Cruddy]

Hmm... as a child I hit a girl once (she said something REALLY, REALLY hurtful)... and I've always regretted that.

Needless to say, my parents gave me hell over it. Quite right too.

Nowadays when faced with a violent female I grab them by the wrists and tell them to



"STOP!"

It usually does the trick.

EDIT: When I say "Hit" what actually happened was I grabbed for the necklace and tore it off... Messy.

[Ben Kenobi]

Question is, do YOU people think I am right?

Well, I know Judo. There are ways to restrain someone without hurting them. Grabbing wrists are a good way.

[Sprayber]

While I was raised not to hit women, you have to defend yourself if the ***** gets too violent. It's usually best to look for ways out of the situation like walking off.

[Shi Huangdi]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
girls don't have more rights than boys. she asked you for it.

[Sprayber]

Some women want to know how far they can push before they get it back. They will push and push and push until you give them a reaction. They want to know exactly what they can get away with.

[Az]

Probably would've been a better move, either of your proposals, but you all say that generally, I didn't do anything wrong, right? And if so, why was she so shocked

( I won't even get into the whole "why she was hitting me in the first place - just for fun" part)

[Gibsie]

As always when asked if a girl was asking for it, I must respond by asking, "How short was her skirt?".

[Pekka]

Sounds annoying night for you. I don't know if you did the right thing or not. I'm undecided, but that sounds annoying. Maybe you could have walked away and say 'call me later when you're not being such a *****'. I don't know. But she shouldn't have been hitting you anyway. Maybe you could have walked away though.

[curtsibling]

When being attacked by a lady, tweaking a nipple is preferable to any kind of unchivalrous punching/slapping.

[MrFun]

That Mega Man in Gibsie's avatar is so gay.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by Azazel
And if so, why was she so shocked

Maybe she thought you would stand there and take it.

[Pekka]

Next time grab her boobs. Then they go 'men think they can just grab womens boobs, it's disgusting!' so you can say 'now you know!'. Perfect!