Hello. I was beaten up by a (very ex) girlfriend on a regular basis.
And now you have met me.

I'm not kidding. Every argument she started (and there were many) would end up with her thumping me, while I stood and took it because I couldn't hit her back, but I didn't know what else to do. Her spurious justification was that I'd thumped her once while too drunk to remember; it too me far to long to realise that since truth and honesty were strangers to her, this might have been some sort of fabrication.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 20 May 2010, 18:27, 1 reply)

glad she's your ex
as a woman, i'll say this to any and every man: hitting a woman is wrong, but so is hitting a man. if she's laying into you, she obviously doesn't give a fuck about right and wrong, so thump her back. self-defence is ALLOWED
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 20 May 2010, 18:31, closed)

Or just fucking leave!
Seriously, if you're in love and it's their first and only time they'll let you go out of guilt -- if not then leave and tell your freinds they're abusive.
Stop pussyfooting people!
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:00, closed)

Unfortunately, I can't agree
Unless you have dozens of sober witnesses to say you were provoked beyond reason...and even then half of them will vilify you for being a lass-basher. And if you don't have the witnesses...you're fucked. No way is anybody going to take your side...maybe the two or three people who know you best, but what use are they when the angry mob comes knocking? No, the best course of action is the same at it is for women in that situation..get the hell out.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:08, closed)

infuriating, isn't it?
sexual stereotyping and mob mentality mean you're damned if you don't and you're damned if you do.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:12, closed)