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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
But, if its the MALE at the receiving end, this NEVER comes to the headlines,
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Arthur....there's a link to it in the second post from the Guardian newspaper, the same story can be found on the BBC website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30303405
It's not a case of it never being headlines, the situation is that because society (and history) deems women to be 'weaker victims' due to to male violence, oppression, discrimination etc there has often been an air of 'empowerment' when women fight back. These days it seems if you're in what society calls a 'privileged' position (usually white, male, straight etc) and you find yourself being a victim of something our forefathers were guilty of perpetrating then you have "no right" to complain, even if you're not guilty of it yourself.
There were calls a few years ago of wanting Tom Jones' Delilah banned from getting any airplay as it apparently 'glorifies violence towards women'. Fine, if that gets banned then I'll assume every song or video from Pink where she's beating up men will be censored too. Funnily enough that's regarded as 'empowering women'....