Exactly. Might I also add that while many anti abortion people say it's acceptable if the mother's life is in danger...why is it now so many doctors (especially OB and ER doctors) have to be so fearful of prison or loss of licence even with proof of the mother's danger? Or when there is proof of miscarriage with no chance of it reversing, and the mother is left to bleed out until the "heartbeat" is gone. Laws have become too restricted vague for the exceptions. You can't allow exceptions then turn around and make those exceptions impossible to happen. Edited to fix my restrictions and exceptions mix-ups

In some states they even require the husband's permission! I'm in Louisiana and technically still married to my ex. I had uterine cancer and needed a hysterectomy they wanted me to break a restraining order to have him come in with me to agree to sign off on a hysterectomy. I said f@ck that and went to another state which is sad that I had to do that but yeah women have no say over their bodies at all.

Churches, etc. are businesses. They are in the business of religion and should be treated as such. Agnostic business must pay taxes so should those with beliefs.

It's called The Golden Rule - He who has the gold, makes the rules.

This made me laugh. I think this person must be fun to be around.

A few years ago on a chat show here in the uk, a young man was on telling his story about how his girlfriend was physically and emotionally abusing him and how it drove him to consider jumping off his balcony. People in the audience were giggling at him until the presenter snapped at them.

I'm a dude, was married to a violent woman, half my size. Took almost daily beatings. It was painful, but mostly mental pain. Obviously I could've defended myself, but I just can't hurt a woman. It's the most pathetic thing a man can do. One time she started whipping me with a phone charger, broke a skin on few lashes. I pushed her back, knowing there's a sofa behind her, on which she landed. That's all I did. From that moment I was a wifebeater. I filed for a divorce soon after.

I have stepped in between a man and woman where the woman was the aggressor and instigator. She tried to hit me. I told her to do it. I hit back. Her husband wasn't and wouldn't. He told me he appreciated it but that she was bipolar and off her meds. I immediately understood. My mom is bipolar but never violent but I've seen it many times in other people. We began to try to calm her down but police were called and they asked me to leave. She was taken to the hopsital and admitted. (Small town + Facebook) Step up. Abuse is abuse. And you might be able to help diffuse a situation and protect someone, even temporarily.

On the one hand, yes, I agree. We should not ignore, nor should we minimize (and especially we should not make a joke of) domestic violence against men. Hitting me is not okay. That said, I do feel there's a difference in magnitude here between the effect of a woman hitting a man vs a man hitting a woman. A person can hit me. Doesn't mean I have to retaliate.

I once thought, “There is NEVER a reason for a man to hit a woman!” Then my dad punched my egg donor, once. He broke her cheek. Before you rear up in outrage… she was trying to stab him in the throat with kitchen scissors. Violence against anyone is never funny, it should never be tolerated from one gender against another just because you can hit harder. Nowadays, my POV is if she is trying to physically hurt or kill you, you have every right to self defence. Dad was lucky. She refused to press charges. Mostly because I told the hospital staff (with her sitting right there) who were urging her to go to the police, that if she did, I would take my 3 younger siblings who witnessed her attack on him to describe what they saw. Their attitude did a 180, she didn’t enjoy her stay.

I agree that self-defense is ALWAYS morally correct. BUT if you get slapped and your response is to PUNCH them and start kicking them once they're down, that is not self-defense: it's abuse. And keep in mind that -generally-, a man will be able to punch harder than a woman, so a "she punched him, he punched her" scenario is -likely- to be unequal to begin with. A lot of abusers like to use "self-defense" as their excuse as well.

If a man gets beat up from a woman, then another woman should help the man and fight off the other woman.

I was taking a bus home from work one night and we all witnessed a woman beating the c**p out of this man on the street. Everyone was laughing, but my heart was breaking because no one should be subjected to that type of treatment. I honestly feared for his life at one point because she threw him into traffic...thankful that the car was able to stop in time. People walking past and the people just standing there watching did nothing to intervene. Sometimes I hate people.

If a woman hits a MAN & NOBODY says anything-chances are I WILL, to HER.

Where do you hang out that you've seen such violence????

2/3 She has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome which affects her brain for her entire life. We ended up adopting that baby so I've watched her grow up. She's now in her early 30s and struggled with learning disabilities through school. She suffers from abandonment issues that many adopted/foster care kids do, even those with loving families. She has Borderline Personality Disorder which has caused tremendous hardship for my now 80 year old parents with whom she still lives because she'll never be able to support herself and her 14 year old son. The reason I'm sharing this information is so people know that just because they "save a life" it doesn't always result in a happy fairytale. Also, over the years your tax dollars have paid a fortune in medical bills just for these two children alone. The suggestion "just put the baby up for adoption or in foster care" is not the answer. So many kids in these situations start life already so far behind they'll never get the chance to catch up.

I believe in equal rights -- and lefts.

I'm kinda curious where this is that a the person who posts has seen many different women beating up many different men??

Meh, most men can physically overpower most women. Some double standards are there for a reason and serve a purpose.

FYI Giving your man the cold shoulder for days on end or expecting him to guess what in in your head instead of talking about what has made you mad is emotional abuse.

I totally agree. If he shouldn't hit then why should she get a pass?!

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Don´t be afraid, you just die ones.

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But is there really any such thing as a "woman" or a "man"? /s

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I had a 21 year old mentally disabled kid on disability who complained about people living off the government. Kept telling him that he was the one. Of course if he understood that he would not have been on disability.

If he was a single dad he would get all the praise in the world, but a single mom is just kind of normal, even looked down on in some instances.

Lol, this one is pretty funny too.

Likewise antisemitism (or prejudice against any other religion) is not okay, no matter what your religion is.

I always found the football fans weirder than the cosplayers.

Agreed, it happens and it's unacceptable but also when reversed it's often - she's 16, she knew what she was doing.

Yup. I have yet to see this being said to the person creating the drama. It's absolutely always applied to the innocent party to make them shut up!

Yup

Also it's completely normal that a company sees employment as a business transaction (which is true), but if an employee sais they're there for the money they're seen as too materialistic and having not enough passion for the job.

I know this is a joke, but it's hilarious. OR ... is it a joke?

USA/Israel/China/Russia anyone?

I wanted to be a teacher once I am so very glad that I did not

Everyone seems to need someone to look down on