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Originally Posted by Damien
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).
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Do you agree that showing women beating up men in these videos is the wrong way to represent female empowerment?
And do you agree it might encourage their more impressionable fans to think it's acceptable for women to hit men?