That's bull mate.
It's chauvinistic to tolerate blokes bashing up girls.
No, it's chauvenistic to think women are inferior.
If you tolerate men bashing women because you think women are inferior then yes, that's chauvenism. But if you
don't tolerate men bashing women for the same reason - because you think women are inferior - then you're still a chauvenist.
There's little to no doubt that men are the physically stronger sex - you won't find many arguments on that front.
[of course many women (most?) are stronger than ME - but that's another point]
Well it's not another point at all. The only reason
anybody bashes someone else is because they can - because they're stronger or more aggressive or have specific training that makes them better at fighting. Or because they know their victim won't fight back for whatever reason.
The point is, you won't bash anyone if you're unable to. This is not to say that just because you can bash someone you will. Just in case you try to put those words in my mouth.
So again, you've made the point that some women can bash some men. By your logic that should change the dynamic - whether or not it's acceptable for these particular men to raise a hand against these particular women.
But this still misses the point that not all men are equal. Junior Vaivai is a huge, strong, aggressive bloke. He can beat
most men in a fight. Why is it any more acceptable for him to bash other blokes than it is for him to bash women?
Where's the f**king logic there?
And if it's not acceptable for him to bash other men then why do we need to make blanket statements about it being wrong to bash women? It's statements like this that are directly responsible for the vast majority of assault victims being men.
But we make a song and dance about violence against women as though violence against men is acceptable.
Wilson Duque was a victim of 'acceptable' violence and now his wife is a widow, and her baby is going to grow up without a dad.
Further to that, when men are victims of violence they are far more likely to be knifed or hit with an object, and are far more likely to suffer death or serious injury than women.
But violence against men is somehow more acceptable?
For a bloke to bash a woman is cowardice and a low act. It IS worse than him bashing a guy - and that's not chauvinism, that's something that most people agree upon.
Most people agree on it because society still values men's lives much less than it values women. Look at the top of society and you'll see a small amount of men with all the money, all the fame, and all the power.
But how often do we look at the bottom of society? Down there it's all men too. But nobody gives a f**k.
You'll find that the vast majority of men who use violence - against anybody - are these guys at the bottom of society. And the reason they use violence is because it's the only thing they've got.
I could get into the 'why' of it all, but that'd bore a lot of people...
As you can see, I've got no problem with boring a lot of people.
If VaiVai ends up coming to the club, I'll probably boo him. Not at all a fan of cowardly men who bash women!
I also think that guys who bash girls tend to do it because they're scared of other men - so for mine that's a black mark against VaiVai in a FOOTY sense (why sign up a chicken?)
In my experience, men who bash women are prepared to use violence against anybody. Likewise, men who readily fight other men seem to have no issue with using violence against women, though usually it doesn't come to that because intimidation is enough.
In a society where men and women are equal, if we're going to heap adulation onto violent men, it's insane not to expect women to also become victims.
And I bet you wouldn't call Junior Vaivai a coward to his face.
