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Originally Posted by Russ
In one of the Sugababes' videos, I think it's "Freak Like Me" it shows them beating up men in nightclubs. Is that the right way to show female empowerment?
Would it be morally right if a henpecked man or a guy who was the victim of abuse was depicted as punching a woman's lights out? If you're trying to imply that in these cases 2 wrongs make a right then I'd be surprised and a little disappointed.
There are other ways to represent female empowerment and violence is NOT one of them.
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No. What I am suggesting is that the reason why it's objected to is not because it's Men beating up Women or Women beating up Men but that's it's the Strong beating up the Weak. The reason why it mostly manifests as Men beating up Women is because historically and cultural we perceive men as stronger than women.
In this videos the Men are strong, and the empowerment idea is that counter to the idea that Women are weak they are actually strong. The sides are matched, it's not the strong beating on the weak. These videos use a rather obvious way of expressing that
Really, it's not different to men vs men fights and so on. Look at movies/TV shows. It is much less offensive if a man and women are fighting if they are equally matched (James Bond films are an example). Of course in real life any form of violence is offensive.