Domestic Violence: Male hits Female vs. Female hits Male
Jun 7, 2018 8:57:52 GMT 10
Post by rainbow on Jun 7, 2018 8:57:52 GMT 10
I watched these videos a few weeks ago and I wanted to talk about it.
{Spoiler alert of the videos}
The video is a social experiment of what people would do if they saw a man abusing a woman vs. a woman abusing a man. In the first video of the first few tries, in which the man is abusing the woman, everyone is quick to help the woman and hit the man back, but when it's the other way around, towards the end, people don't help at all, and some were even laughing and helping the woman hit the man.
In the second video, the man sticks up for himself and hits the woman back when he's being abused, but still gets the blame just for hitting a woman. Towards the end, there was a man standing in front of them when the woman was hitting the man, clearly able to see the whole thing. But when the man hits back, he pushes the man out of the way and protects the woman anyway.
The video is a social experiment of what people would do if they saw a man abusing a woman vs. a woman abusing a man. In the first video of the first few tries, in which the man is abusing the woman, everyone is quick to help the woman and hit the man back, but when it's the other way around, towards the end, people don't help at all, and some were even laughing and helping the woman hit the man.
In the second video, the man sticks up for himself and hits the woman back when he's being abused, but still gets the blame just for hitting a woman. Towards the end, there was a man standing in front of them when the woman was hitting the man, clearly able to see the whole thing. But when the man hits back, he pushes the man out of the way and protects the woman anyway.
What do you think of this?
For me, it kind of makes me realize that there really isn't equality in the world and that sexism against men definitely exists. You usually only hear about sexism against women. Hell, the Google definition for "sexist" is "relating to or characterized by prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex."
Here's something interesting. I was watching a movie in writing class today and in it, this one man cheated on his girlfriend. When he tried to talk to his girlfriend that he was cheating on, she immediately slapped him hard and everyone was laughing. Think about if it was the other way around. If the man slapped the woman because she cheated on him, I bet you nobody would be laughing.
I think this may have to do with men being on average physically stronger than women, and so a lot of people think that a man hitting a woman will cause a lot of damage, but a woman hitting a man doesn't do much.
