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[–]SerpensInferna 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Are the carefully staged and choreographed 'fight scenes' in movies , in which 110 lb actresses beat up men without breaking a fingernail, tricking young women into NOT understanding the strength difference between the average man and the average woman-?

I really am starting to believe this, especially because our sedentary lifestyles don't put us in as many physical situations as we used to be in.

I grew up with two brothers very close in age, and we used to beat the living crap out of each other. It was all pretty equal until we hit puberty, and then it wasn't even a contest anymore.

Also, anecdotally, a lot of the women I see spouting off with such bravado are fairly privileged, protected, middle and upper class women who have never been in a physical altercation with a man. Which, good for them I guess, but have I got a bridge to sell you...

[–]HelloMomo 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

When I was in elementary school, I got in trouble a couple times for kicking classmates, mostly boys. Not fights; not two-way things. Just unreciprocated kicking. Namely this one boy, who'd keep coming over to us at recess because he was a simp for my friend (which I kinda was too, to be fair).

I remember my mom sitting me down after one of the times I got in trouble, and saying something along the lines of "You are female, and also the second shortest kid in your class. If you keep this behavior up, someone is going to beat the shit out of you someday." I didn't give her words a second thought. By middle school I had grown out of that behavior anyways, and so it never really became an issue.

But I remember her words now, reading this.