i definitely agree with sakiya’s comment abt there being offenses to which one could (and likely should) expect an ass whooping– male and female both. do i think it’s right for a man to hit a woman? absolutely not, but in alignment with that belief is the belief that women should not hit men. it’s only fair. how one-sided and unrealistic for a woman to think that she can actually intentionally, with force, hit a man and there will be no recourse? i do feel that in that situation a man could, and for the sake of both parties probably should, just walk away, but that is being idealistic. there is a such thing as someone being pushed to behave a certain way, and once they are there, one shouldn’t put the blame on one party.

on the other side of the same coin, i agree with leandra abt ppl behaving a certain way bc they’ve never been checked, so it is complicated. and yes, we are doing our children a disservice by not teaching them the realities of life. “no a man shouldn’t hit you, but don’t you hit a man and not expect to be hit.” that’s a more appropriate thing to say to your daughter.