[dirtboy]

Well the mysogynists (sic?) are coming out of the woodwork. To appease those who feel adamant about the necessity to make it clear that violence against women is sometimes highly commendable, let me amend my patently offensive statement made earlier. Any man who strikes a woman who is not committing a violent felony against his defenseless person, is not a man. Period. Is that modern enough for you?

Let me ask you - if a female pulled a knife on you, was threatening to kill you and was making active attempts to stab you and you were blocked off from getting away from her, and you were carrying a gun, would you use it? How is a response to a self-defense situation a "violence on women" fantasy?

FWIW, not all women are the weak defenseless types. My wife could probably kick the rump of half the men on the planet.

[witnesstothefall]

How is a response to a self-defense situation a "violence on women" fantasy?

Because the discussion on the thread, and the statement I made, was about physical abuse against women by men. But all of a sudden, it became the opposite, a discussion about women doing/threatening lethal violence against men, so as to justify or rationalize violence against women. That's why.

In short, your point was not germane. It's an amazing thing, whenever the subject of physical abuse of women comes up, a man appears who feels it's his mission to point out the extreme situations when violence against becomes heroic.