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Originally Posted by Russ
The thing is there are some very reactionary people in the world (there's a few of them on CF) in which any mention of male-on-female violence is considered an outrage regardless of the circumstances but are noticeably silent when it's the reverse situation. Any objections to the status quo is considered to be a sympathetic vote for the violent male.
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Yes. I was careful to make it clear in my post that I obviously am not sympathetic to the perpetrators of such violence for that reason. Just that as long as the sides are equal, then it's no worse than any other type of violence in the media. You hit someone in real life, it's shouldn't matter the sex. Obviously in a relationship it's even worse because there is a sense of being trapped there. Real life Violence = Never Justified.
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The media is happy with a "stupid male/smart woman" combination. If they think that's the way to redress the balance then it's a BIG mistake. Making women strong by physically fighting back against men makes them as worse as the violent men they are against.
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I don't think it's 'dressing the balance' but it is a popular theme to have strong women beating up (equally) strong men and I don't really have a problem with that anymore than men beating up men.